Grants for Electric Motorbikes

"The UK Government has announced it will continue to contribute towards the price of an electric motorcycle or scooter despite scrapping its grant scheme for electric cars in favour of investing in alternative transport and the national recharging infrastructure.

The Department for Transport announced the plug-in subsidy scheme - worth up to £1,5000 - was being terminated with immediate effect for cars, but insists it will syphon £300 million towards incentives towards the purchase of electric motorcycles, scooters, taxis, vans and trucks.

It comes six months after the Government made an abrupt decision to heavily reduce grants towards electric vehicles, signaling plans to phase out the scheme altogether.

That move led to grants of up to £1,500 (or 20 per cent of the purchase price) plug-in electric motorcycles being whittled down to a new grant system of 35% up to £150 for mopeds and £500 for motorcycles, so long as they cost £10,000 or less."