News

Great news for disabled people in Scotland – Scottish Disability Sport (SDS) and the Motability Scheme have teamed up to make sport more accessible and fun for everyone in Scotland, especially for people with disabilities.   

Motability Scheme customer, Noah Cosby is preparing to take on the 2024 racing season with Team BRIT – the world’s only competitive team of all-disabled racing drivers – thanks to a partnership with the Scheme that launched today (Tuesday 23 January 2024).

Motability Operations and CALLUM are working in partnership to secure the future of electric wheelchair accessible vehicles, by hosting a competition to find an inspiring solution from the next generation of automotive design and engineering talent.

Euan’s Guide and Motability Operations are inviting anyone who needs to consider disabled access in their daily lives to voice their opinions now. The National Access Survey offers participants a chance to share their lived experiences of disabled access, encouraging feedback that will help to shape the charity’s work.

With the transition to electric vehicles (EVs) fast approaching, Motability Scheme customers have been trialling a range of charging solutions. One of these trials is with Bonnet. The aim of this trail is to support Scheme customers by simplifying public charging and help provide worry-free access to mobility when they make the switch to electric.

Motability Operations and Sycada have partnered to launch a new programme to promote green and safe driving, by trialling the DriveTag product with its customers.

To support customers with their transition to electric vehicles (EVs), Motability Operations is partnering with Zap-Map to run a three-month customer pilot using their app and the charging infrastructure it maps. The aim of the trial is to assess the experience of charging an electric vehicle (EV) for disabled people on the UK’s public charging network and understand how it can be improved.

Motability Operations is pleased to announce a three-month pilot with community charging app Co Charger, to support Motability Scheme customers with their transition to electric vehicles (EVs).

A new Access Survey will give disabled people and their families the chance to share their experiences, insights and feedback on how accessible Britain is. The survey is now open for responses here.

Motability Operations is pleased to announce that after a comprehensive competitive tender process, it will be moving its insurance provision from RSA, who has been a long-term supplier to the Motability Scheme, to the Direct Line Group (DLG).