To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to offer incentives for companies to invest in a nationwide system of public electric vehicle charging stations.
Answered on
22 July 2022
The UK has been a global front-runner in supporting provision of charging infrastructure along with private sector investment. Of the £2.5 billion of Government funding committed to the electric vehicle (EV) transition since 2020, over £1.6 billion will be used to support charging infrastructure.
Our UK electric vehicle charging infrastructure strategy (published 25 March 2022) sets out our vision and commitments to make EV charging cheaper and more convenient than refuelling at a petrol station.
To ensure that the transition to EVs takes place in every part of the country, we are pledging at least £500 million to support local chargepoint provision. As part of this, the Local EV Infrastructure (LEVI) fund will provide approximately £400 million of capital and £50 million of resource funding to support local authorities to work with industry and transform the availability of charging for drivers without off-street parking.
In addition, to ensure the private sector can continue to expand the charging network at pace in the 2020s, the Government will invest £950 million in future proofing grid capacity at motorway and major A road service areas to prepare the network for uptake of zero emission cars and vans ahead of need.