Project to explore how Coventry can boost home EV charging

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Coventry University has launched a new project examining the barriers to home charging electric vehicles (EVs). 

Levelling Up Coventry’s EV Adoption Journey will specifically focus on residents who lack driveway access and face difficulties in home charging, a situation currently affecting almost half of Coventry households.

The project was selected as one of seven winners of the Transport Decarbonisation Demonstrator competition - bringing with it a share of £1.6 million in grant funding from the Department for Transport.

Led by Doublemsc Solutions Limited and supported by Coventry University and Coventry City Council, it will assess the effectiveness of the existing EV infrastructure in Coventry to illustrate the benefits and practicality of transitioning to EVs.

Coventry University’s Centre for Future Transport and Cities will aim to develop a disruptive model to enhance the city's potential as a low-carbon EV haven.

Stewart Birrell, professor of human factors for future transport at Coventry University’s National Transport Design Centre, said: "Our research will bring our human centred design expertise to help design a usable and desirable mobile battery innovation -an EV charging solution named ENSTOREL, but also understand through modelling the existing charging network where gaps exist for changing needs in Coventry."