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Ultra-low
Your guide to Ultra-Low
Emission Vehicles
FAQs
ULEV Technologies
Introduction to Charging
Tax Benefits
Grant
Funding
ULTRA-LOW EMISSION VEHICLE
Technologies
An Ultra-Low Emission Vehicle (ULEV) is defined as any car
or van that emits 75g/km CO2 or less. It is expected that this
definition will change as technology advances, with vehicles requiring
lower tailpipe CO2 emissions and increased zero emission ranges.
Additionally, to be eligible for the Plug-In Car Grant (PICG), which offers up to
£3,500 off the price of a brand new car, a vehicle must have CO2 emissions
of less than 50g/km and be able to travel 70 miles with zero tailpipe
emissions. It is also worth noting that no equivalent definition currently
exists for trucks, although the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) has
committed to the development of an Ultra-Low Emission Truck definition.
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Technologies
BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLES
BEV
TECHNOLOGY: Battery electric provide greater than a 60% reduction in
vehicles operate on stored electrical CO2 emissions.
energy. The energy is stored in a battery AVAILABILITY: There are a growing
pack which transfers the electricity number of cars and vans available from
to a motor, which in turn provides the mainstream manufacturers including
propulsion through the wheels. BMW, Hyundai, Kia, Nissan, Renault,
ENVIRONMENTAL: With zero Tesla and Volkswagen. Battery electric
emissions from the tailpipe, EVs are trucks are also available from lower
significantly cleaner than conventional volume vehicle manufacturers.
petrol or diesel vehicles. Even when the COST: Most battery electric vehicles
carbon intensity of electricity generation cost between £20,000 and £100,000,
is taken into account, EVs can still depending on the make and model.
PHEV PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES
TECHNOLOGY: Plug-in Hybrid vehicles quality in urban areas. Environmental
offer the best of both worlds, with a and cost savings increase the more the
zero-emission range of around 20 – 30 vehicle is driven in electric mode.
miles, and then the convenience of a AVAILABILITY: There has been a surge
petrol or diesel engine to drive longer in demand for PHEVs in the UK over
distances. In plug-in hybrid vehicles both the last few years due to them being
the electric motor and the engine can a convenient step towards greener,
drive the vehicle. cheaper motoring. Models include the
ENVIRONMENTAL: Plug-in hybrid Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, BMW 330e
vehicles reduce overall emissions by offering and many more.
zero emission operation for a limited COST: Most plug-in hybrid electric
range before the engine is used. The zero- vehicles cost between £30,000 and
emission range should be prioritised £100,000, depending on the make and
for use in city centres to improve the air model selected.
RANGE-EXTENDED ELECTRIC VEHICLES
REEV
TECHNOLOGY: A range-extended can be operated in zero emission mode
vehicle is a battery electric vehicle for around 50 to 100 miles, before the
that runs on electricity but includes an range extender engine is used.
auxiliary power unit known as a ‘range AVAILABILITY: There are currently no
extender’. The range extender (usually range-extended electric cars on sale in
a small petrol engine) drives an electric the UK, but taxis are available and vans
generator which charges a battery that and trucks with this technology will soon
supplies the vehicle’s electric motor be coming to market.
rather than driving the wheels and allows COST: Most range-extended electric
for an increased range from the vehicle. vehicles cost between £30,000 and
ENVIRONMENTAL: Range-extended £100,000, depending on the make and
vehicles reduce emissions because they model selected.
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Grant Funding
Grant
Funding
for ULEVs
You can get a discount on the price of brand new low
emission vehicles through a grant that the government
gives to vehicle dealerships and manufacturers. You do
not need to do anything if you want to buy one of these
vehicles - the dealer will include the value of the grant in
the vehicle’s price. The amount of the grant depends
on which category the vehicle is in…
Cars
Must have CO2 emissions of less than 50g/km and
can travel at least 70 miles with zero emissions.
AVAILABLE GRANT: 35% of the purchase
price, up to a maximum of £3,500.
Vans
Must have CO2 emissions of less than 75g/km and
can travel at least 10 miles with zero emissions.
AVAILABLE GRANT: 20% of the purchase
price, up to a maximum of £8,000.
Motorcycles
Must have no CO2 emissions and can travel at
least 31 miles between charges.
AVAILABLE GRANT: 20% of the purchase
price, up to a maximum of £1,500.
Mopeds
Must have no CO2 emissions and can travel at
least 19 miles between charges.
AVAILABLE GRANT: 20% of the purchase
price, up to a maximum of £1,500.
Taxis
Must be purpose-built taxis and have CO2
emissions of less than 50g/km and can travel at
least 70 miles with zero emissions.
AVAILABLE GRANT: 20% of the purchase
price, up to a maximum of £7,500.
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Charging
Introduction
to Charging
E
lectric vehicle charging is dependent both on technology
built into the vehicle and that built into the charging
infrastructure. For example, when the charging capability of
the vehicle is less than that of the charger, then the vehicle
will charge only at the maximum speed allowed by the
vehicle. When the charging capability of the vehicle is greater
than that of the charger, then the vehicle will charge at the
maximum rate allowed by the charger. Charging rates, as
shown below, vary from slow chargers, which can take more
than 12 hours to completely replenish a battery, to rapid
chargers, which can provide 80% in 20-30 minutes.
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Charging
Slow Dual Socket Ground Mounted 3.7kW
(AC) 2.3-3.7kW PURCHASE COST: £700-£2,000
INSTALLATION COST: £300-£500
CHARGE TIME:
3 Pin Plug
0-100% in 10-12 hours
Fast Dual Socket Wall Mounted 7kW
(AC) 7-22kW PURCHASE COST: £1,400-£2,000
INSTALLATION COST: £100-£350
CHARGE TIME:
0-100% in 2-4 hours
Type 1 Dual Socket Ground Mounted 7kW
(Commando)
PURCHASE COST: £1,400 - £2,500
INSTALLATION COST: £2,000 - £5,000
Dual Socket Type 2 Ground Mounted 22kW
PURCHASE COST: £1,700-£2,200
INSTALLATION COST: £2,000-£5,000
Type 2
Dual Socket Type 2 Wall Mounted 22kW
(Mennekes)
PURCHASE COST: £1,700-£2,200
INSTALLATION COST: £2,000-£5,000
Rapid Dual Socket Type 2 and CHAdeMO
Ground Mounted 43kW & 50kW
Type 2 PURCHASE COST: £15,000 - £20,000
(AC) 43kW (Mennekes) INSTALLATION COST: £10,000 - £30,000
Triple Socket Type 2, CHAdeMO and CCS
(DC) 50kW Ground Mounted 43kW and 50kW
CHAdeMO/ PURCHASE COST: £15,000-£30,000
CHARGE TIME: JEVS G105 INSTALLATION COST: £10,000- £30,000
0-80% in 30-40 minutes
CCS Combo 2
DC
(£ Excl. VAT and any Workplace or Home Charge Grant Schemes)
The Go Ultra Low Nottingham programme is currently Most people charge at home overnight and
installing a network of more than 200 charge points across this can cost between £1.50 and £2 per charge
Derby and Nottingham. This will be a paid-for network for around 80 miles depending on your
that residents will be able to access at a reduced tariff. electricity provider.
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Grant Funding
Grant Funding
for Charge Points
OLEV
Grant payments are available to aid the cost of charging infrastructure via OLEV. Grants are available for
both workplace and home charge points assuming the installation meets OLEV’s funding criteria.
MORE INFO: www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-grants-for-low-emission-vehicles
Renault Kangoo
Nottingham Workplace Travel Service
ZE Van In addition, your business may be eligible to receive grant funding of up to £25,000 from the
Nottingham Workplace Travel Service to help with the costs of installing electric vehicle charge points.
MORE INFO: www.transportnottingham.com/projects/workplace-travel-service-grants-and-advice
Guidance
Guidance on the fundamentals of what is required during a charge point installation project, from equipment
considerations through to location choice and stakeholder involvement, has been produced by the UK
Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Association (UK EVSE) in partnership with Western Power Distribution.
DOWNLOAD FREE: http://ukevse.org.uk/resources/uk-evse-wpd-local-authority-guidance
ULTRA-LOW 07
Tax Benefits
Nissan
e-NV200
Van
Tax Benefits
for Ultra-Low
Emission
Vehicles
Benefit in Kind
The provision of a company car that is available for the
employee’s private use is treated as a benefit in kind (BIK).
The benefit is valued as an ‘appropriate percentage’ of the
car’s total list price and is dependent upon the car’s CO2
emissions. The emissions figure can be found on the car’s
registration document (V5C). A tax calculator is available at
Both private and business users of ULEVs www.hmrc.gov.uk/calcs/cars and rates for ULEVs are
shown in the table below.
receive a number of tax benefits…
CO2 Zero 2019/20 2020/21
emissions emission
(g/km) mileage
Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) 0 16 2
1-50 >130 16 2
This is a tax applicable to all vehicles driving on UK roads. Pure
1-50 70-129 16 5
electric cars are exempt from paying VED to offer full support
1-50 40-69 16 8
for those opting for the very cleanest cars and vans. All cars
that emit less than 75g/km CO2 will pay less road tax in the first 1-50 30-39 16 12
year, delivering additional cash savings for plug-in hybrids on 1-50
Tax Benefits
Workplace electric
vehicle charging
The government announced in the 2017 Autumn Budget
Enhanced Capital Allowances
that employer-provided electricity, provided from workplace (ECAs):
charging points for charging employees’ own electric vehicles,
is exempt from being taxed as a BIK from 6 April 2018. An ECA allows a business to write off the whole cost of an
However, the provision by an employer of a charge point for an asset against taxable profits in the year of purchase. ECAs are
employee at their home does give rise to a BIK. available for certain energy and water efficient technologies.
ECAs for cars are based on their CO2 emissions. Cars
purchased with CO2:
Of 50g/km or less qualify for a 100% First Year
Allowance (FYA). This allowance only applies to new
Van Benefit Charge cars. Cars that are leased also do not qualify;
This tax is levied when an employer provides an employee with p to 110g/km qualify for a writing down allowance at
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a van for private use. The charge is set at a flat rate: £3,430 18% a year;
in 2019-20. Zero emission vans are currently only liable for a ver 110g/km qualify for a lower ‘special rate pool’
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proportion of the full van benefit charge: 60% for 2019-20. writing down allowance of 8% a year.
This will increase on a tapered basis reaching parity with the
main rate in April 2022. The government announced in the 2016 Budget that it will
extend the 100% FYA for low emission cars until April 2021.
The government is due to review the case for the FYA and the
appropriate emission thresholds from 2021 in the 2019 Budget.
Van Fuel Benefit Charge
If an employer gives an employee a van to use which is subject
to the van benefit charge and the employer pays for their FIND OUT MORE
fuel, the employee will need to pay a fuel benefit charge. Van
Further details of the taxes and benefits applicable to ultra-
fuel benefit charge is set at a flat rate, £655 in 2019-20. As
low emission vehicles can be found here:
electricity is not treated as a fuel, it is not subject to the van
fuel benefit charge. This means that if an employer allows an https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/
employee with a company van to recharge at work, this does uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/709655/
not fall under van fuel. ultra-low-emission-vehicles-tax-benefits.pdf
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FAQS
Ultra-Low
Emission Vehicles
FAQs
Doesn’t the electricity Isn’t the manufacture miles over a four year period. One car
was 7kW fast-charged 3,800 times
for ULEVs just come from of ULEVs worse for the and 3.3kW trickle-charged 7,000 times
fossil fuels? environment than petrol and during its working life.
diesel vehicles? Most vehicle manufacturers offer extensive
The electricity used to charge electric
vehicles ultimately comes from a range of battery warranties, for example Nissan offers an
According to a report written by Ricardo,
sources within the grid, some of which use 8-year, 100,000-mile battery warranty on the
the CO2 emissions of manufacturing an
fossil fuels. However, in a country such as new LEAF, during which time Nissan will provide
average electric car are approximately 50%
the UK with a mixed energy grid, electric a new battery free of charge if there is a
higher than the average petrol car, half of which
vehicles are much cleaner than their petrol failure or if degradation reaches an unacceptable
stems from the production of the battery.
or diesel counterparts. level (-25% from original capacity).
However, these battery production emissions
are mitigated over the lifecycle of the vehicles
Of electricity generated in 2017, gas
due to the lower in-use emissions, resulting in Isn’t the driving range of
accounted for 39.7% whilst coal accounted
for only 6.7%. Renewable electricity
lower overall emissions of around 30%. electric vehicles very low?
generation was 98.9 TWh in 2017, a
record high, and up nearly a fifth, due to Don’t the batteries need The driving range of a typical electric vehicle
on sale today exceeds the daily mileage of
increased capacity and higher wind speeds.
replacing all the time? more than 95% of vehicle journeys in the UK.
Renewables’ share of electricity generation is
29.4%, second only to gas. Nuclear remains
While electric car batteries do experience
broadly steady at 20.9%. For longer journeys, public charging points
some degradation over time, examples have
(including rapid chargers, which can charge an
shown that this happens too slowly to be
Furthermore, as the grid decarbonises with electric car to 80% from empty in around 30-
considered a concern:
the increased use of renewable energy sources 40 minutes) can be used. However, with real-
such as wind and solar, an electric vehicle’s
A Tesla vehicle in the US lost 6% of its world ranges of 177 miles and 279 miles on
emissions will continue to reduce over time. capacity after driving over 200,000 miles £30,000 electric cars such as the Nissan LEAF
for shuttle company Tesloop. and Hyundai Kona respectively, many medium
A number of charging networks such to long range journeys can be achieved without
C&C Taxis in Cornwall use Nissan
as Ecotricity and the POLAR network charging midway.
LEAFs, which have retained over 70%
exclusively use renewable energy. of their battery capacity after 174,000
10 ULTRA-LOWFAQS
Does the payload affect Isn’t the grant for plug-in
range in electric vans? cars ending soon?
Studies have shown that payload can have Changes were recently made to the plug-
a significant effect on the range of electric in car and van grants, removing most current Jaguar I-PACE
vans, with a fully laden vehicle losing almost plug-in hybrids from the scheme and reducing
50% of its available range. the grant amount for full electric vehicles (see
table above). According to the Government’s
However, as the typical payload for most Road to Zero Strategy, these grants will
uses is nearer 50%, a much smaller range continue in some form until at least 2020.
reduction would occur. Most electric vans are
currently popular for urban delivery solutions,
with generally shorter journeys, therefore the
Ecotricity chargers at
potential loss of range will be less of an issue. motorway services are just
as expensive as petrol,
Can’t electric cars aren’t they?
only be charged at public
If an EV was only charged at Ecotricity
charging points? rapid chargers it may well cost as much to run
as a petrol vehicle. However, these facilities are
Most electric vehicles come with a cable
designed for occasional use on long journeys,
with a 3-pin plug to allow for easy charging
with most charging taking place at home or at a
at home or anywhere without a designated
workplace where electricity is much cheaper.
charging point, although charging times
will be significantly increased. However, it is
Charging at home or at the workplace will cost
recommended that a charging point should be
around 2-3p a mile, as opposed to 12-14p a
used rather than a 3-pin socket.
mile for a typical petrol or diesel car.
ULTRA-LOW 11The ULEV
It offers three key services to the IMPORTANT: Support from the
public and private sector: ULEV Experience programme does
not affect an organisation’s ability to
Fully-funded fleet reviews:
Experience
apply for a grant of up to £25,000. The
providing an independent
ULEV Experience is funded separately.
assessment of the potential
to integrate ultra-low emission
Programme cars, vans and trucks within a
company fleet
Free ULEV trials: enabling fleets
Eligibility
FLEET REVIEWS/ULEV
EXPERIENCE LOANS: If you’re a
to trial electric or plug-in hybrid
business or organisation (large or
vehicles
The ULEV Experience is a small, public or private sector) across
Local engagement events: the Nottingham area (e.g. a business
programme dedicated to enabling operators to network covered by the Nottingham Workplace
supporting businesses to with peers and gain additional Parking Levy) then you are eligible to
understanding of ULEVs. receive support.
understand, trial and implement
The programme is part of Nottingham NOTE: National organisations
low emission vehicle technology
City Council’s Workplace Travel need to demonstrate a presence in
and is funded by Nottingham City Service, a programme through which Nottingham to qualify (e.g. an office or
a business can receive a grant of up a depot). However, the exact level of
Council’s Go Ultra Low City project. to £25,000 to support sustainable support offered to such organisations
travel infrastructure and workplace will be subject to a discussion with
travel improvements. This includes the ULEV Experience Project Team.
electric vehicle charge points, cycle
parking, showers, pool e-bikes, car EVENTS AND ENGAGEMENT:
sharing and car parking management. The programme of events is open to all
A contribution of 25% (financial or organisations, but where spaces are
in kind) is required from businesses. limited, priority will be given to those
Public and voluntary sector organisations that meet the definition
organisations are fully funded. of involvement for Fleet Reviews/
ULEV Experience Loans, as above.
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