Cambridge drivers will soon be able to charge their EVs in more city car parks following the installation of 177 new charging points by the end of the year.
The first 50 chargers are soon to be installed at Castle Hill, Adam and Eve and Gwydir Street pay and display car parks, with the total number of charging points increasing to more than 600 at 14 sites across Cambridge over the next few years.
Cambridge City Council is working with British EV charging infrastructure provider Connected Kerb to deliver the 600 charging points, supporting infrastructure and long-term future proofing.
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With the introduction of substantial additional numbers of chargers the council said it aims to enable a higher take-up of EVs from the local community as part of its vision of a net zero city, and ahead of the nationwide ban on new wholly petrol and diesel vehicles due in 2030.
Cllr Rosy Moore, executive councillor for environment, climate change and biodiversity, Cambridge City Council, said: “It’s really positive that these new chargers are being installed in council car parks across the city.
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“They will be available for car park users in the day and for local residents to use at night. We are also working with Cambridgeshire County Council, the highways authority, to get more on-street chargers installed across the city in residential areas in the coming years.”
Delivery of the chargepoints forms part of Cambridge City Council’s Climate Change Strategy 2021-2026, which details how the local authority is working to reduce its own direct emissions to net zero carbon and the vision of a net zero Cambridge by 2030.
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