England to install 100,000 EV chargers to accelerate electric car adoption

One of the demographics that find switching to electric cars daunting is people with no off-street parking because they are unable to install their own home chargers. However, the government is stepping in in a big way in England with plans for more than 100,000 street EV chargers.

According to the Future of Roads minister Lilian Greenwood, the authorities have set aside up to £4 billion to support electric car adoption. The capital will more than double the 80,000 public chargers that EV owners can access today and allow EV owners without driveways to charge “at home.”

Meanwhile, the taxpayers are not responsible for the whole bill. England plans to use the Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) funds, totaling £381 million, to attract ‘significant private investments’ of up to £6 billion by 2030.

This does not mean that Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland will miss out. The three nations have separate funding for road transport electrification.

Greenwood said, “A charge point [gets installed] every 29 minutes, and our support to roll out over 100,000 local charge points in England shows we’re committed to making even more progress.”

Believ recently raised £300 million to install 30,000 EV chargers at retail and hospitality facilities across the UK.

Hydrogen-fueled cars are also getting a piece of the action, even though that type of mobility is not showing signs of catching on. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has secured £500 million in funding to develop the country’s hydrogen energy infrastructure.