Plans for thousands of new EV chargers given ‘greenlight’

Devon County Councils Cabinet has approved a scheme which will deliver up to 2,000 new Electric Vehicle (EV) chargers across Devon.

The Cabinet approval of the scheme on Wednesday follows the Government awarding the council more than £7m of funding to deliver thousands of new publicly accessible EV charging points up to 2030. 

The award, from the Department for Transport’s Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Fund, was one of the largest of its kind in the country. 

The funding announcement follows the Councils adoption of the Devon Electric Vehicle Charging Strategy last year which highlights that a key barrier to the uptake of EVs in Devon is the availability of suitable charging infrastructure. 

The LEVI project is set to begin in 2025 and will significantly expand on an already growing network of on and off-street EV charging points in Devon.   

Two schemes they have led have already delivered over 300 charging point sockets across Devon and Torbay.  

These have been provided through both external funding and private sector investment in partnership with East Devon, Exeter, Mid Devon, North Devon, Teignbridge, Torbay and West Devon Councils. 

The scheme is good news for residents who want to be able to charge vehicles closer to their properties the scheme include trials of both charge points built into streetlighting columns and cable channels in the footway to avoid cables trailing across pavements. 

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