The UK government will make it cheaper to buy an electric car (EV) to get more drivers to make the switch, the Transport Secretary has said.
However Heidi Alexander, nor the Department for Transport would not explicitly confirm reports in the Telegraph that the government will offer drivers thousands of pounds in grants to cut the price of buying an EV, BBC reports.
It was announced on Sunday that people without driveways will be able to have charge points fitted using "cross-pavement gullies" paid for with £25m allocated to councils.
The Conservatives welcomed the investment but accused the government of "forcing families" into "expensive electric vehicles before the country was ready".
Alexander told Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg: "We are going to be making some announcements later this week on how we make it more affordable for people to buy an electric vehicle.
When pushed on whether this would come in the form of hundreds of millions of pounds in EV grants, as reports suggested, Alexander refused to say.
"I can guarantee to your viewers that we will be making it cheaper for those who do want to make the switch to an electric vehicle," she added.
The Department for Transport would not comment further.
It comes after Alexander told the Telegraph the high cost of electric vehicles was making people wary, saying "It was right that the government thinks in the round about what we can do to tackle both of the issues, on charging and on the upfront cost of purchase."
Richard Fuller MP, shadow chief Secretary to the Treasury, accused Labour of "forcing families into more expensive electric vehicles before the country is ready."
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