Government calls for 7-19 year olds to design EV chargepoints

The government has launched a competition for 7 to 19 year olds to design the electric vehicle chargepoints of the future.

The ‘Eco Innovators’ competition calls on students to submit creative designs for public electric vehicle chargepoints.

The ‘Eco Innovators’ competition aims to encourage budding innovators, engineers and artists to learn more about the engineering sector and zero-emission transport. Winners of each of the 2 age categories will have their winning designs made into real-life prototypes with support from industry experts and their chargepoint displayed at the Electric Vehicle Experience Centre in Milton Keynes.

The submissions to the competition will be judged by a panel from organisations including the RAC Foundation, the National Grid, the National Transport Design Centre, Design Council, Living Streets, EV Thank You, the Office for Low Emission Vehicles and the minister, Jesse Norman.

The ‘Eco Innovators’ competition is open to students from 21 May 2019, via www.gov.uk/engineeringcloserlook. The competition closes at 18 October 2019. The winning entries will be announced shortly thereafter.