Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

(asked on 23rd February 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to increase the number of on-street electric vehicle charging points using (a) lampposts and (b) under pavement wires.


Answered by
Trudy Harrison Portrait
Trudy Harrison
This question was answered on 28th February 2022

We want people across the country to have the opportunity to make the move to electric vehicles (EVs). Most EV drivers choose to charge their cars at home overnight or at work. For those without access or undertaking longer journeys, public charging is important.

The Government is supporting local authorities to deploy chargepoints for their residents without access to off-street parking. The On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme (ORCS) is available to all UK local authorities and has so far awarded funding to over 142 different local authorities to install over 6,500 chargepoints. This year, funding of £20 million will allow installation of slow and fast chargepoints, including those installed in lampposts.

In addition, the Office for Zero Emission Vehicle’s (OZEV) ‘on-street’ research and development programme is providing £30 million to deliver low-cost, scalable charging solutions for the UK’s 8 million households (such as terraced houses) without off-street parking. We have also funded companies delivering lamppost charging, as well as pop-up chargepoints to reduce street clutter.

Government is continually supporting the development of innovative charging solutions, including exploring ‘channel solutions’ such as under pavement wires. For example, OZEV have provided funding through Innovate UK to Oxford City Council to develop and test their gulley solution.

Government will publish its forthcoming EV Infrastructure Strategy soon. This will define our vision for the continued roll-out of a world-leading charging infrastructure network across the whole of the UK.

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