I’ll update with the CEOs response when I get it because that pertains purely to the fact that ONLY EVs are offered on grants, not the charger.
Regarding the charger, and the most recent comments regarding this, I am going to have one installed. Frustratingly this is going to cost a lot more than just £749, more like 1100-1400 but feel free to keep making assumptions. These quotes have come from both big names (PodPoint, Ohme, Octopus) and local installers, and mostly arise due to it being slightly more complex (sub-floor boards and secondary CU at least) so I’d have been paying extra on a Motability installation anyway, which I already knew.
My issue is with the fact that not all circumstances have been considered. The Enyaq itself is a barely suitable compromise but does at least hold both the wheelchairs, I’m just going to have to buy a roof box to store luggage when we go away and find somewhere to put shopping when I have more than 2 passengers. Motability Foundation have all the information they need about me including my previous lease and could have informed me that I wouldn’t be able to get a charger before I went and ordered the car. I also feel like if people need financial support from the Foundation, they maybe shouldn’t be assuming that they could then afford to install a charger or even afford public charging when to charge a Skoda Enyaq from 20 to 80% can cost £30-50 depending on the charger, as well as a lot of time out to do so. I have issues with the whole process, not getting a charger from them being one of the lowest but it was incredibly frustrating to find that out on the day I was supposed to pick the car up after having already done the survey etc.
Regarding why I paid the extra for the Suite option, I was quite happy to go for the Loft, I have no issue with basics, but I went into the dealership and asked for the car that would arrive the quickest. This one came in 2 weeks, a Loft specification would take between 8 and 12. At the time £304 didn’t seem like too much to lose considering I was under the impression I’d not have to fork out over £1100 on a charger. If I could go back now and make a different decision, I would, but I can’t.