Terms & Conditions

Terms and Conditions

e-car lease is a trading name of CarLease (UK) Ltd, being based at Kings Business Centre, Warrington Road, Leigh, WN7 3XG, who own and operate this website.

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Please read these terms and conditions carefully. By using this site, you are deemed to have accepted the terms and conditions and thereby have entered into a legally binding contract with e-car lease. The terms and conditions need to be read in conjunction with the order you have accepted with e-car lease.

Please leave this site should you NOT wish to accept these terms and conditions. e-car lease reserve the right to make changes to these terms and conditions from time to time which will take effect from the date when the changes are posted on this website. Your continued use of this website will constitute your acceptance of any changes to these terms and conditions.

Website information and intellectual property

The contents and other intellectual property rights of this website, including all literature, text, software, source code and associated material, are owned by e-car lease.

You are not permitted to copy, reproduce or alter any content for your own commercial purposes without explicit prior consent from e-car lease.

Prices

All prices displayed on the e-car lease website are quoted for business leasing and exclude VAT. Prices displayed expressly for personal leasing will include VAT.

All prices displayed on the e-car lease website are for your information only and in no way constitute an offer which is capable of acceptance by you.

e-car lease reserves the right to change the price of the vehicle, either before, during or after an order is placed. If the price of a vehicle is changed after an order is placed, e-car lease shall notify you of the change. You have the right to withdraw your order if the change is not acceptable.

Should the VAT rate change between the placing of the order and the supply of the vehicle, payments will be adjusted accordingly.

Unless otherwise stated, all prices advertised on the website include:

1. Delivery to your desired UK mainland destination. The method of delivery is at the discretion of e-car lease’s chosen supplier and should you wish to amend/alter the method of delivery, e-car lease reserve the right to forward any additional costs associated with delivery to you;
2. Road Fund Licence (where applicable) is included for all contract hire finance products for the duration of the contract, unless expressly stated otherwise before the order is concluded with you. For the avoidance of doubt, some finance providers will only supply the Road Fund Licence for the first year but this will be brought to your attention before an order is placed;
3. The vehicle registration charge;
4. Number plates for the vehicle.

Prior to your order being accepted by e-car lease, you will be required to provide a refundable deposit, which will be returned to you after vehicle delivery and upon successful completion of all paperwork required. Subsequent cancellation after the order has been accepted by e-car lease may result in any losses being transferred to you or the imposition of a cancellation fee.

Following your order being accepted by e-car lease an administration fee (amount as shown to you in either an email or invoice) will be required. With your permission (express or otherwise), e-car lease may deduct this from any deposit you have provided. 

Order process

An enquiry by you on the e-car lease website is an expression of interest in order to proceed with the advertised price on the vehicle as shown. An enquiry does not create a contract between you and e-car lease.

A contract to purchase, hire or lease a vehicle will be created only after the following:

1. You (whether an individual, sole trader, partnership or limited company) are successful in any credit check which e-car lease carry out in accordance with the Privacy Policy as set out on this website. If you instruct us to carry out a search on behalf of a limited company, you confirm that you have the authority to carry out a credit search against the company and each director of the company.
2. e-car lease accept an order which you have signed, setting out the agreed specification and price of the vehicle required. When e-car lease have accepted an order, you expressly authorise e-car lease to order the vehicle on your behalf. Should you cancel your order after this, e-car lease reserve the right to charge a cancellation fee equivalent to 3 months’ rentals.
3. You enter into a separate finance agreement with the finance company. e-car lease introduce you to a limited number of finance providers which have been carefully selected by us. For the avoidance of doubt, no contract to hire, purchase or lease exists between you and the finance company until the agreement is signed by you and the agreement has been accepted/made operational. Please also note that the finance providers that we use may make payment to us if you elect to enter into an agreement with them.

All delivery times provided to you either before, during or after the order process, are estimates only and do NOT form part of any contract between you and e-car lease. e-car lease accept no responsibility for any changes to delivery times which are notified to you and any changes do NOT constitute a variation to the contract.

Should the vehicle(s) you have ordered not be available, e-car lease will contact you either by email or telephone to discuss suitable alternatives. Any alternatives suggested may not meet your intended price or specification requirements. If the alternative is not accepted, you have the right to cancel any contract between you and e-car lease.

Advertised vehicles

All images which are displayed on the e-car lease website are for illustration purposes only.

The vehicle information or specification is supplied to e-car lease by CAP and Electric Vehicle Database. While every effort is made to verify the accuracy of the data, the information should only be used as a guide. e-car lease recommend that you should not conclude any decision to purchase, hire or lease a specific vehicle without verification of the latest data from either the manufacturer or franchised dealer. For the avoidance of doubt, e-car lease shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising, in contract, tort or otherwise, directly or indirectly from the use of or reliance upon any information contained on the website or by any third parties.

Any pre-registered vehicles provided to you will be supplied with the balance of the manufacturers warranty and MOT requirements (as at today, an MOT is required 3 years from the published taxation point).

e-car lease may, from time to time, change the website without notice and without incurring liability to you

Registration and insurance of vehicles

Local registration of vehicles is not possible.

Proof of insurance is required before any delivery. The hirer obtaining finance must be the main policy holder or a named driver on the insurance certificate. It is your responsibility to ensure the vehicle is insured for the duration of the contract.

Excess mileage

Any excess mileage charge, as set out on your order, is valid for up to 100% of the annual mileage allowance. Mileage in excess of 100% of the allowance may be subject to a higher rate. It is your responsibility to review the terms of the finance agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, e-car lease shall not be liable for any excess mileage charged at the higher rate.

End of lease recharge costs

At the end of your contract the vehicle will be returned to the leasing company and assessed to determine whether the vehicle meets the agreed returned condition.

Costs may occur at the end of lease when the vehicle, its equipment or accessories are not used, maintained or looked after as originally agreed at the beginning of the lease. The charges compensate the leasing company for the cost of any rectifying damage or missing items such as service history or spare keys.

For more information, please see the BVRLA guidelines.

Statutory rights

Nothing in the conditions stated above will affect your statutory rights. e-car lease are committed to customer service and will try to resolve all customer complaints in a fair, professional and timely manner.

For a copy of our complaints procedure, please review the complaints procedure which can be found on our website or email [email protected] to request a copy or to feedback anything relating to the service you have received from e-car lease.