All very good points @kezo. Anyone getting an EV should do so because it’s their preference given a free choice and presumably because it saves them money in the long run. I believe that it takes something like 80,000 miles before the extra environmental damage caused by the manufacture of an EV begins to turn into a net positive – a mileage which no Motability customer will ever reach!
I have no problem with an improved choice of EVs, but the APs should reflect their leasing costs. Having £300m earmarked to make them more affordable means that the APs of other vehicle types are effectively subsidising them. I’m a great believer in supply and demand in a free market. Subsidies often result in profiteering. It’s happened with house builders (with Help to Buy schemes) as well as car manufacturers. When the government subsidies were cut, manufacturers cut their prices. If manufacturers know that Motability are subsidising APs they will have far less incentive to reduce them.