Electric vehicles are another important part of being green. For many companies, such as couriers, short journey and light-delivery missions are particularly suited. Sustainable businesses can help their employees switch to plug-in vehicles by taking advantage of the current tax breaks available. Benefit in kind, vehicle excise duty, capital allowances, and salary sacrifice regimes all incentivise electric vehicles. Calculations by a coalition of car manufacturers show that company car drivers can pay between £2,940 and £4,880 less tax over four years, depending on their tax bracket.80 There are grants for installing charging points at commercial premises. The Workplace Charging Scheme grant, a voucher-based scheme, is up to £500 for each charging socket, up to a limit of 20.81
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