Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

(asked on 10th November 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on the Government’s 2019 commitment for every newly installed rapid and higher charging points for electric vehicles to provide pay as you go payment facilities.


Answered by
Rachel Maclean Portrait
Rachel Maclean
This question was answered on 18th November 2020

The Government welcomes the progress that has been made to date in providing contactless payment at rapid and high-powered chargers. However, over half of these devices do not provide pay-as-you-go facility. In May, the Transport Secretary announced that the Government will consult on measures to improve the consumer experience when using public chargepoints. This includes exploring measures such as requiring rapid chargepoints to offer contactless payment, improving chargepoint reliability and transparency on pricing and giving drivers better access to information about the chargepoints available for their journey.

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