The government has announced as of 2035; there will be a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles, including hybrids. With CO2e by Vehicles relating to 14.3%* of the UK total emissions, this move goes some way to helping achieve the government's target of emitting virtually zero carbon by 2050. * https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2011/apr/28/industries-sectors-carbon-emissions
With the aggressive target set, the government hasn't left us high and dry to achieve it by ourselves; they have in fact introduced a number of great incentive schemes to move us in the right direction. To encourage us as the business community to take the right step towards lowering our CO2 impact the government, via
The Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) have introduced incentives such as the reduced Benefit in Kind Tax (BiK), from April owning or operating an EV you will have no company car tax levied for the 1st tax year with minimal increases following year 1. *Plug-in vehicle grant, which helps towards the purchase of Electric Vehicles up to £3,500, and the *Workplace Charge Scheme (WCS), which offers grants of £500 per charge point, (maximum of 20 stations) towards the cost of installing EV charge points at your business.
With more electric vehicles comes the demand for more charging stations and its impact on your electrical infrastructure, whether it's company cars or personal cars at the workplace, LCS Energy can provide the right solution and charging stations for your business. At LCS Energy we offer a complete turnkey solution for your EV charging requirements from consultancy, planning, design and installation and followed up with the right maintenance package. LCS Energy have the complete solution. We can help you future proof your business today! Installing charging stations based on your current requirements is fine, but what about your business's future requirements? With Electric Vehicles sales predicted to increase drastically (clearly back by the government's announcement) there is potential you could outgrow your charging requirements very quickly. LCS Energy as well as installing for today's requirement, can help you plan ahead and prevent wasting investment of your infrastructure that will need to adapt or completely change in the future.