Charging Points

New chargepoints for Newbury and Hungerford

Meghan Shaw — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 10:48:58 +0000

New chargepoints for Newbury and Hungerford

Meghan Shaw Mon, 07/14/2025 - 11:48

West Berkshire Council has announced new electric vehicle (EV) chargepoints at key locations throughout Newbury, including Pelican Lane, Corn Exchange, Newbury Station, and Northbrook Multi Storey car park. In Hungerford, the council have installed infrastructure at the Council’s Station Road Car Park.

These new chargepoints are fully operational, with the infrastructure at Newbury Station offering a dedicated disable electric vehicle bay and a dedicated disabled electric vehicle charging bay, both available 24 hours and on Saturdays and Sundays.

Portsmouth celebrates 99% of vehicles meeting Clean Air Zone targets

Meghan Shaw — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 09:25:48 +0000

Portsmouth celebrates 99% of vehicles meeting Clean Air Zone targets

Meghan Shaw Mon, 06/16/2025 - 10:25

Portsmouth City Council, in anticipation of Clean Air Day this Thursday, is celebrating 99 per cent of their vehicles in the Clean Air Zone meeting emissions standards by offering free bus travel across the city.

Portsmouth’s Clean Air Zone was established in 2021 and enforced limits on emissions. Since then, over 99 per cent of chargeable vehicle entering the zone now meet emissions standards, displaying a marked improvement in Portsmouth’s air quality.

Over £3 million LEVI investment for Cumberland Council

Meghan Shaw — Fri, 16 May 2025 10:25:53 +0000

Over £3 million LEVI investment for Cumberland Council

Meghan Shaw Fri, 05/16/2025 - 11:25

The Department for Transport's Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) scheme has awarded Cumberland Council £3.456 million to invest in accessible electric vehicle (EV) chargepoints across Cumberland.

The rollout is set to begin with the first chargers this coming winter, with all planned chargepoints to be fully commissioned by winter 2028.

Suffolk Council to partner with Believ for 6,000 chargepoints

Meghan Shaw — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 10:03:10 +0000

Suffolk Council to partner with Believ for 6,000 chargepoints

Meghan Shaw Thu, 04/10/2025 - 11:03

Working with operator Believ, Suffolk County Council is set to install around 6,000 new public electric vechile (EV) chargepoints across the county, with work to start this coming summer.

A survey last year allowed residents to suggest locations to deliver the new chargepoints, and thousands are to be installed across demanded areas as well as on residential streets. The council has additionally worked with district and borough councils and communities to identify further suitable sites.

76,507 public EV chargepoints across the UK

Meghan Shaw — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 09:45:45 +0000

76,507 public EV chargepoints across the UK

Meghan Shaw Thu, 04/10/2025 - 10:45

New statistics by the Department for Transport reveal that the UK now has 76,507 public chargers, with 1,200 public chargepoints installed in the last month alone.

This means that public chargepoints are increasing by 28 per cent year-on-year.

On the new data, the future of roads minister, Lilian Greenwood, said: “It’s brilliant to confirm today that we’ve added another 1,200 public chargers to the public network in the last month. We’re adding one chargepoint every half an hour, taking us to over 76,500 across the UK.

Dorset is asking the public where to install its chargepoints

Meghan Shaw — Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:20:14 +0000

Dorset is asking the public where to install its chargepoints

Meghan Shaw Fri, 02/07/2025 - 10:20

As part of Dorset Council’s mission to expand the county’s electric vehicle (EV) charging network, it is asking the public to help decide where they would like the next chargepoints to be installed.

It is paramount that Dorset Council has enough EV chargepoints to match the rising demand in transitioning to lower carbon vehicle options.

Birmingham City Council to rollout 560 EV chargepoints

Meghan Shaw — Thu, 06 Feb 2025 10:21:40 +0000

Birmingham City Council to rollout 560 EV chargepoints

Meghan Shaw Thu, 02/06/2025 - 10:21

Birmingham City Council, in partnership with ubitricity, the UK’s largest chargepoint operator, to rollout a pilot of 560 lamppost EV chargepoints across residential areas of the city. This will ensure that areas where private off-street is limited are connected and part of an EV network, with the charging devices to be installed across 82 streets.

Data show 5% increase in EV chargepoints since October

Meghan Shaw — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 11:15:06 +0000

Data show 5% increase in EV chargepoints since October

Meghan Shaw Wed, 02/05/2025 - 11:15

The Department for Transport have released their electric vehicle public charging infrastructure statistics for the last quarter, October to December 2024, with the data provided by Zapmap.

Legal & General to roll-out 72 chargepoints with Osprey

Meghan Shaw — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 11:03:00 +0000

Legal & General to roll-out 72 chargepoints with Osprey

Meghan Shaw Fri, 01/31/2025 - 11:03

Legal & General have elected Osprey Charging Network to provide rapid EV charging infrastructure for its ReAssure Property Funds, and was advised by Knight Frank’s National EV Solutions team.

Set to supply Stoke-on-Trent first with four high-power chargers, more ultra-rapid charging is underway in Waltham Abbey, Essex, and Watford. This makes a total of 72 modern hubs planned nationwide to Osprey’s arsenal of over 1,300 charging bays, from the South East of England to the North West.

Telford & Wrekin EV chargepoint programme 'surges' ahead

Meghan Shaw — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 10:43:58 +0000

Telford & Wrekin EV chargepoint programme 'surges' ahead

Meghan Shaw Tue, 12/03/2024 - 10:43

After receiving £700,000 of government funding, Telford & Wrekin Council is making progress in launching its electric vehicle (EV) chargepoint programme.

This month, the work to install 70 new charging points is set to commence, backed by chargepoint operator Believ and to extend into the new year.