As far as I remember (can’t find the link), Motability would allow upto £750 for what is essentially a straight forward stand install, anything else required on top would be down to the claimant to find.
Ohme themselves charge £949 (E-Pod) and £999 (pro), based on the criteria for their standard install, which Motability adopts. Based on what figure Motability allow for a standard install suggests there is an element of VAT reduction or bulk order discount.
Based on initial installs going forward untill recently Motability/Ohme would allow at no cost, an upgrade to 8mt’s of Type 2 charging cable, if the scheme customer ticked the appropiate box. This then changed to become a chargeable upgrade, at a standard price of £99 and most recently, the option, I believe has been removed altogether.
Again more recently Motability have brought on board Bumblebee EV charging, a Glasgow based company. I know of very little about this company, other than they sell branded and rebadged chargers with their name on. @Wonky has recently posted that he is to have Bumblebee contracted to install his charger and was told, it was because Ohme was struggling to cope with all the work. I can’t say for definate or not whether this is the case, but news normally travels fast in the electrical industry.
I’m also aware, that Ohme has been having scheme customers who live in rented accomondation tick to say their for a grant to be applied for. I’m not 100% sure if this has been done above board, as the landlord should normally be the one giving the permission, not the tennant.
As for Drive Electric, a little due care, diligence and research, they or anyoneone else could have easily looked up the charger use by Motability and acertained a ceiling price of £999, as the Maximum Motability would allow, before any tax rebate or bulk order discounts were given. But, this isn’t about honesty, but rather some hair brained figurers to make calculations look bloated.
A rather pointless post bur, hopefully it will give you an idea 🙂