The Scottish government will provide £20m in 2025-26 to encourage and enable more households and businesses with lower incomes to purchase electric vehicles (EV) across Scotland.
Since 2011, Scotland has provided £65m to create public charging infrastructure which it states has helped encourage more people and businesses to purchase EVs across the country.
The latest statistics show that the number of ultra-low emission vehicles registered in Scotland has increased 20% between 2022 and 2023.
In 2025-26, funding will again be available for the Used EV Loan, Switched on Taxi Loan and Used Electric Low Carbon Vehicle Loan for Vans.
Scottish cabinet secretary for transport Fiona Hyslop said: “I’m pleased to announce the allocation of £20m to support our electric vehicle support schemes.
“These loans are in addition to what Scotland is already investing through our core Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund.
“These streams of investment work in tandem to make electric cars and vans the natural choice for drivers by 2030.
“Scotland is currently the only part of the UK offering financial support in the form of an interest free loan for consumers to purchase electric vehicles. Since our loan schemes began in 2011, we have provided interest free loans worth £230m.
“This has supported individuals and businesses including the taxi sector across Scotland purchase over 8,700 zero and ultra-low emission vehicles saving an estimated 230,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.
“We’ve met our target of 6000 charge points two years earlier than planned through a combination of Scottish government funding, increasing private sector investment and local authority planning and leadership.”
Achievements in EV charging infrastructure will be recognised and celebrated at the fourth annual CiTTi Awards on 25 November 2025 at De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms in London. Visit www.cittiawards.co.uk to learn more about this unmissable event for the UK’s transportation sector!
