Brighton & Hove is leading the way in electric vehicle charging.
The city’s been named as the local authority with the best on-street charging coverage (outside of London) in the UK.
According to an independent report from Field Dynamics and ZapMap, 83.1% of residents with no off-street parking now live within a 5-minute walk of a public chargepoint.
That’s a 6% increase on last year and significantly ahead of the next best local authorities of Coventry (75.7%), Portsmouth (57.5%) and East Lothian (54.2%)
More information can be found in the report
The news comes as even more EV chargepoints are being installed across the city.
20 new lamppost chargepoints have been fitted in the last two weeks with 80 more scheduled to be in place by the end of the month.
The new lamppost chargepoints have been installed in:
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Albert Road Davigdor Road Carlisle Road Drove Crescent Grange Road Linton Road Cowper Street Shirley Street Hove Park Road Hampton Place |
Clarence Square Leopold Road Stanford Road Brentford Crescent Edward Ave Upper North Street Beatty Avenue Carlyle Avenue Ladysmith Road Hartington Road |
Electric Vehicle chargepoint being installed in Carlyle Street
We’ll also be adding more chargepoints to the network in the coming months, providing charging for 51 vehicles in dedicated EV bays at 16 sites. It’ll take the total number of chargepoints in the city close to 500, supporting over 3000 electric and hybrid cars now registered in Brighton & Hove.
The new chargepoints are being funded thanks to a central government grant of over £440,000 from OZEV (Office for Zero Emission Vehicles). This grant will cover 60% of the total cost, with EV charging operator Blink Charging covering the remaining 40%.
Earlier this year we were awarded £2.865 million from the government’s Local EV Infrastructure (LEVI) fund which will support the installation of at least 1,650 new chargepoints over the next 3 years.
We’ll be procuring new lamppost, fast and rapid chargepoint operators in addition to the current network. We’ll also work with local stakeholders and communities to find the best sites for these and hope to begin installation next year.
Councillor Trevor Muten, cabinet member for Transport, Parking and Public Realm said: “This really is great news. To be named number one in this report is a fantastic achievement and a credit to the hard work being done to grow our electric vehicle infrastructure.
“The number of residents and businesses making the switch to electric vehicles is rising so it’s vital we continue to invest or risk falling behind.
“More chargepoints means buying an electric vehicle becomes a viable option for people when the time comes to purchase a new car. If they can make the switch away from petrol and diesel, it will help improve air quality and achieve our Net Zero goals.”
The new lamppost chargers will be installed in locations based on these requests.
More information about Electric Vehicles and charging in Brighton & Hove.
