Transport Malta has reopened the grant scheme on the purchase of new environment-friendly vehicles.
€300,000 have been allocated. Applications for the grant which will be processed on a first come first served basis.
506 vehicles benefitted from the original €400,000 allocated during the last months of 2014.
Vehicle owners who apply for the scheme are entitled to between €700 and €900 upon scrapping an old vehicle and buying a new car of the same category whose CO2 emissions do not exceed 130g/km and its length does not exceed 4460mm.
Applications are available from Transport Malta, Vehicle Licensing Unit, Hornsworks Ditch, Floriana or downloaded from http://www.transport.gov.mt/land-transport
The grant scheme to encourage the purchase of Battery Electric Vehicles and Battery Electric Quadricycles is still available.