Drivers could receive up to £5,000 to subsidise the purchase of an electric car under a new £250 million Government scheme designed to promote environmentally-friendly transport.
The plans, due to come into force in 2011 for five years, are also aimed at boosting the green technology sector as Britain comes out of recession.
But opposition politicians, car groups and environmental groups dismissed the proposals as a gimmick, warning that electric cars would be expensive and impractical without a much more developed support system, including a national recharging network.
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