EV INFRASTRUCTURE |
Above: Chargers
are actually
growing at 15-
20% ahead of
the market for
EVs, according to
ChargePoint
European governments are subject to
international climate agreements and a growing
awareness of environmental concerns, so are
keen to portray themselves as committed to
emissions reduction. For example, the UK
government announced recently that electric
vehicle charge points are to be fitted in all
new homes.
A DfT spokesperson states, “We want to
support the growing uptake of electric cars,
and for this country to be the first place in the
world where every home with an associated
parking space has an electric chargepoint.
Through our £1.5bn Road to Zero program
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and £400m promise of funding for e-charging we
are serious about the infrastructure for e-cars.”
On September 10, the UK Government
announced £400 million funding to help develop
rapid charging infrastructure points for EVs, the
first £70 million in creating 3,000 new rapid
charge points. Following the news, André
ten Bloemendal, vice president, Europe, at
ChargePoint, described it as a step in the right
direction for the EV industry and necessary
to get infrastructure in place to remove key
logistical barriers to consumer adoption.
However, he adds that there should be more
cross-industry collaboration to make current
The answer to this is a fully interoperable, peer-to-peer
roaming solution and charging stations that are designed
with integrated contactless payments and ease of use in mind
André ten Bloemendal, vice president, Europe, ChargePoint