Health and life insurance firm Vitality has introduced an electric car salary sacrifice scheme for its entire workforce in partnership with Hitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions.

The new EV salary sacrifice scheme strengthens Vitality’s commitment to becoming carbon-neutral by 2025

Staff can choose from a range of 800 makes and models, including from Tesla, BMW and Nissan amongst others, and will have the option of returning, buying or ordering a new car when their lease ends.

The all-inclusive scheme includes maintenance of the vehicle, tyre maintenance, fully comprehensive insurance, annual vehicle tax and UK roadside assistance.

Vitality will also work with Hitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions to install charging points at employee’s homes and at its offices in Bournemouth and Stockport.

The new scheme is offered in addition to Vitality’s Cycle to Work scheme, which offers pedal and battery-powered e-bikes to employees through salary sacrifice.

Deepak Jobanputra, chief sustainability officer at Vitality, said: “We’ve always been a business built on supporting people, including our employees, to take small steps to make choices that improve their health. Our new electric and hybrid vehicle scheme now helps them to make more sustainable choices too. Transport is a key contributor to UK carbon emissions so encouraging the lease of electric or hybrid vehicles through salary sacrifice, in addition to our existing Cycle to Work scheme is a way to support and empower individuals to take positive environmental action.”