Subsidies and grants to purchase electric vehicles

WQ.24/2026

WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT BY DEPUTY M.B. ANDREWS OF ST HELIER NORTH

QUESTION SUBMITTED ON MONDAY 9th FEBRUARY 2026 ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON MONDAY 16th FEBRUARY 2026

Question

"Will the Minister advise the total amount given in Government subsidies and grants to households, and separately to businesses, for the purchase of electric vehicles (including e-bikes) in each of the last five years?"

Answer

Under the States Assembly agreed Carbon Neutral Roadmap (P.74/2022), budget from the Climate Emergency Fund has been allocated to both an e-bike incentive and an electric vehicle purchase incentive. It should be noted that other funding sources available to businesses which may have been used to fund electric vehicles (such as the Better Business Support Programme) sit outside the remit of the Minister for the Environment and are not included here.

The e-bike incentive ran in 2023 and 2024. It was available for individuals to apply for only. Amounts below relate the year in which each tranche of e-bike vouchers was issued. Five releases of grant monies were made: four in 2023 and one in 2024. Vouchers issued in October 2023 have all been counted for in 2023, however some of these will have been redeemed in 2024 due to their 90-day validity period.

Policy TR1 of the Carbon Neutral Roadmap Speeding up adoption of electric vehicles' approved budget of £4,855,000 for electric vehicle and charger incentives schemes.

Under agreed policy TR1 the Electric Vehicle Purchase Incentive ran from late August 2023 through to mid-December 2024 and was available to individuals and businesses to apply for. A total of 1,204 EVPI were issued, after deducting voids and defaults. Amounts below relate to the year in which each EVPI grant was redeemed. Some of the vehicles purchased towards the end of the scheme in late 2024 were not delivered immediately and therefore not redeemed until 2025.

Electric Vehicle Purchase Incentive

INDIVIDUALS  BUSINESSES

NO. OF

YEAR  NO. OF INCENTIVES  AMOUNT  INCENTIVES  AMOUNT FEB-DEC 2021  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A

2022  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A 2023  201  £688,304  16  £56,000 2024  799  £2,728,883  142  £502,865 2025  35  £122,500  11  £39,000 JAN 2026  N/A  N/A  N/A  N/A TOTAL  1,035  £3,539,687  169  £597,865

The total awarded in e-bike and electric vehicle grants from 2021 to 2026 is summarised in the table below.