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Originally Posted by Luckypants
You are right. Councils or a licensed operator need to install many hundreds of slow speed (cheap to install) chargers for residents unable to charge at home. these also need to have a competitive price for leccy. The problem is councils have competing needs and so charging provision is not a priority. There is funding available from central government but they need to access it.
You are right about cycling, in Wales at least there is a drive to reduce car use alongside the EV cut-over.
Infrastructure roll out has accelerated hugely this year, albeit mainly high speed on route chargers. Yesterday Fastned announced their new St. Albans charging station is now opened - so local to you. I would say Fastned is expensive and not the solution for everyday charging but is an example of how things are improving.
EDIT: Article on increase in charging points last year that just came up via Twitter
https://transportandenergy.com/2023/...-70-in-a-year/ |
Scotland has had a massive boost to charging places but i have still to see any onstreet residential charging points.