Cash boost for electric vehicle charging

Cash even for people who rent

Devon is getting a government cash boost to encourage the take-up of electric vehicles/

Three councils - Devon, Torbay and Plymouth - are to share £12 million, allowing them to choose where is best to install chargepoints.

It is split as follows:

Devon County Council - £7,727,000
Plymouth City Council - £2,824,000
Torbay Council - £1,289,000

Additionally. households without driveways or dedicated parking spaces can access something called the Electric Vehicle Chargepoint grant of £350 grant, which is being extended to those who own or rent and have access to adequate street parking.

It will provide up to 75 per cent off the cost of purchasing and installing chargepoints. Applicants must also have permission from their council to install a cross-pavement charging solution. 

Councillor Andrea Davis, Devon County Council’s cabinet member for climate change, environment and transport, said: “We declared a climate emergency in 2019 and drove the production of the Devon Carbon Plan which sets out what needs to be done for Devon to meet the net-zero challenge.

“On road transportation represents more than a quarter of Devon’s carbon emissions therefore the decarbonisation of transport is a crucial part of this response. This award will help us put these plans into action.”

Fully electric vehicles account for over 16 per cent of the new UK car market in 2023 Government and industry are working to install chargepoints at speed, with 56,983 public chargepoints now installed across the UK – a 47% increase compared to this time last year.