Government commits to just £43m of the original £230m promised for programme to subsidise the uptake of electric cars A government grant scheme to give motorists up to £5,000 off the cost of a new electric car has been cut by 80%, opposition politicians and green campaigners claimed today. The fate of a network of charging points to power such low-emission cars also hangs in the balance …

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