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Gov launches £300k e-Bike ‘golden ticket’ grant scheme

Gov launches £300k e-Bike ‘golden ticket’ grant scheme

Thursday 12 January 2023

Gov launches £300k e-Bike ‘golden ticket’ grant scheme

Thursday 12 January 2023


The Government has launched a new grant scheme which will see islanders selected at random for a voucher of up to £600 towards an electric-powered bike.

The first application window opens this week, with just over 100 applicants to be chosen at random for a £300 voucher towards an e-bike, £600 towards an e-cargo bike or £600 towards an adapted e-cycle which can be used in participating local shops.

Further application windows will open once every three months over the next two years.

The £300,000 scheme is one of the initiatives forming part of the 'Carbon Neutral Roadmap' – a set of policies aiming to ensure the island hits net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

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Pictured: Over 100 applicants are to be chosen at random for a voucher towards an e-bike, which can be used in participating local shops.

The Assistant Minister with responsibility for climate-related policy, Deputy Hilary Jeune said her officers estimated the scheme would remove the annual equivalent of 133 peoples' carbon emissions – nearly 500 tonnes.

Depending on the make and wattage, most E-bikes cost anywhere between £2,000 and £6,000.

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Pictured: The £300,000 scheme is one of the initiatives forming part of the 'Carbon Neutral Roadmap'.

E-cargo bikes are electric bikes with a large storage area, while adapted e-cycles are designed for people with disabilities and can have more than two wheels.

It's not the first time there has been a government scheme to drive e-bike use locally - others were launched in 2016 and 2019.

More information on the latest scheme can be found here.

Which stores are participating?

  • Cog and Sprocket

  • Powerhouse

  • Coop Bikes

  • Mark Pickford's Cycle Shop

  • Fortuna Euronics

  • Pedal Power

  • Aarons Bikes

  • Evolution Cycles

  • Bicycle Workshop

  • Big Maggy's

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