Energy firm EDF has seen its 500th employee receive an electric car through Tusker’s salary sacrifice car benefit scheme.
EDF has been running the scheme for a year, and has so far had a 4% uptake.
The 500 EVs account for 93% of the vehicles delivered through the scheme, with the other 7% plug-in hybrids.
EDF benefits manager Vanessa Corsie said: “The great thing about Tusker’s car benefit scheme is that we were able to open the opportunity to drive a brand-new car up to over 11,000 employees.
“EDF is Britain’s biggest generator, and we want to find new ways to help our customers and colleagues lower their carbon footprint and be part of the journey towards net zero.
“We launched the initiative to coincide with the government’s change in BIK to 0% for the 2020/21 tax year. It reduced the BIK payable from 16% so provided considerable tax savings to employees – for both 20% and 40% taxpayers.
“We’ve already seen substantial savings as an organisation too. It also meets our duty of care obligations, reduces grey fleet challenges by getting employees into a new car and helps us meet our corporate environmental targets, so it’s a win all round.”
