March 30, 2026
The NMC has today joined a wide range of organisations in support of the Motor Cycle Industry Association (MCIA) which is calling for the Motorcycle Plug In Grant to be extended for at least 12 months, plus reintroduce support for mopeds and review the price cap.
This comes in the wake of a new economic analysis commissioned by the MCIA, which has revealed that ending the Plug-in Motorcycle Grant (PiMG) could wipe £50 million from the UK’s electric motorcycle market and significantly stall uptake of zero emission vehicles.
In response to the findings, an MCIA-led coalition of manufacturers, retailers, riders groups, logistics operators, road safety groups and clean transport advocates has written to ministers warning that the scheme’s expiry on 5th April would create a “clear and avoidable policy cliff edge.”
This is about fairness to riders who may wish to make the switch to zero emissions, when it comes to the Government's decarbonisation agenda. The NMC feels that if if a grant is available for zero emission car purchase, this should also be available for zero emission motorcycles, which like other motorcycles are also congestion busting and more efficient for personal mobility and leisure.
The NMC's Craig Carey-Clinch said: “The NMC fully supports this MCIA-led call on the Government to act on what has become a serious disparity in its support for decarbonisation, with the number of signatories to the joint letter demonstrating serious concern across a wide range of organisations. This is a situation which needs urgent correction and the NMC also calls on the Government to address this hugely unbalanced situation which has been allowed to emerge.”
In addition to the NMC, other letter signatories are the National Motorcycle Dealer Association, Evri, Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety, British Motorcyclists Federation (BMF), Trail Riders Fellowship, Brake, the road safety charity IAM RoadSmart, Road Safety GB, RoSPA, Institute of Couriers (IOC), Zemo Partnership, Driving Instructors Association (DIA) and Diamond Advanced Motorists.
ENDS.
Notes to Editors:
The full MCIA Press release is here: https://mcia.co.uk/posts/government-faces-ps50m-market-hit-to-electric-motorcycle-market-as-industry-coalition-warns-of-cliff-edge
For NMC Comment, please contact Craig Carey-Clinch 07979 757484 | craig@uknmc.org
For MCIA Comment, please contact 07590 168714 | l.sheanon@mcia.co.uk
(Pic: MCIA)
