Portsmouth council receives OLEV cash for EV charge points

Funding to install electric vehicle charge points in residential areas in Portsmouth has been awarded.

Portsmouth City Council have been given £100k which will go towards providing charge points in areas which do not have off-steet parking.

Fifty charge points are expected to be rolled out across 21 locations over the summer.

The installation of charge points has also begun in council-owned car parks, as part of a two-year trial.

This is being funded by the council and CityEV and two charge points are now available for electric vehicle owners to use.

A third point is being planned for Spring.

These charge points are free to use during the first year of the two-year trial.

Councillor Simon Bosher, Portsmouth's Cabinet Member for Traffic and Transportation, said. "These two schemes demonstrate our commitment to improving air quality by encouraging electric-vehicle ownership in Portsmouth. We want to make it easy for residents and visitors to charge their vehicles.

“We have chosen three of our busiest car parks and worked with residents to identify potential locations of the on-street charge points."