SME company car operators will be scratching their heads over whether to start bringing ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEVs) into their small fleets.

That’s because the government has pledged to pump £135M into promoting the sector including a nationwide network of charging points.

The UK’s poor take-up of electric vehicles (EVs), since their introduction in the last decade, has been blamed on the lack of charge points by many business car managers and ecological pressure groups.

Now Chancellor George Osborne’s autumn statement has announced the government’s Roads Investment Strategy will sets aside £15M for charge points between 2015-16 and 2020-21.