Electric cars have always been out of reach for many families, but now it could be even harder for them to make the switch. 

Until now, drivers could claim up to £1,500 from the Government to put towards a plug-in car costing less than £32,000.

But yesterday the Department for Transport (DfT) announced it has scrapped the scheme, at a time when fuel prices are hitting new records. 

Ginny Buckley, founder of EV marketplace Electrifying.com, warned that electric cars are ‘already out of reach for many hard-working families’.

She fears that scrapping the grant ‘pushes us further down the road of becoming a two-tier nation’ when it comes to ownership of EVs.

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