As part of the governments efforts to encourage haulage and transport businesses in moving from diesel and petrol to electric vehicles, the Plug-in Van Grant Scheme offers business owners of N2 and N3 class vehicles 20% off the initial purchase price which will be subsided by the government.

To meet the scheme eligibility requirements, vans must have tailpipe emissions of 75g CO2/km or less and achieve zero-emission range of 10 miles for plug in hybrid vans and fully electric vans. As of October 2016, around 2,500 plug in van grants had been claimed.