British Gas is paying customers to drive electric cars in a new scheme which give instant money back to people charging EVs.

The energy giant says its electric vehicle tariff is the best on the market, offering ‘super cheap’ electricity to charge an EV at certain times.

As the ban on new petrol and diesel cars looms on the horizon in the next decade – either in 2030 or 2035 depending on which party wins the next election – more and more households are turning to hybrid or fully electric…