Following the success of the previous scrappage scheme, this has now been extended again. A further €200,000 have been allocated.

Transport Malta will be receiving further applications for the Grant which will be processed on a first come first serve basis. The initiative is aimed to encourage people to dispose of their old vehicles and to invest in new cars with lower emissions. 892 vehicles have already benefitted from the original €700,000 allocated.

Vehicle owners who apply for the scheme are entitled to between €700 and €900 upon the purchase of a new M1 motor vehicle (used for the carriage of persons and which may carry no more than eight

passengers in addition to the driver, the CO2 emissions of which do not exceed 130g/km and its length does not exceed 4460mm, and is licensed for private use only) that qualifies for the grant scheme whilst at the same time de-register/scrap a vehicle in the same category.

Applications for such scheme are available from Transport Malta, Vehicle Licensing Unit, Hornsworks Ditch, Floriana or downloaded from http://www.transport.gov.mt/land-transport/grant-scheme-on-the-purchase-of-new-environment-friendly-vehicles

The scheme in the form of a grant to incentivise the purchase of Battery Electric Vehicles and Battery Electric Quadricycles is still applicable.