Hammersmith & Fulham Council has installed 14 new EV charging points at its main transport depot in Bagley’s Lane, Fulham in readiness for electrifying its fleet of vehicles.
Having provided 339 publicly available charging points for residents and visitors this year, the council said it is turning attention to its own fleet and infrastructure.
“Our comprehensive network of electric charge points means that every home or office in the borough should now be well within 400m of one,” said Cllr Harcourt, Hammersmith & Fulham Council cabinet member for the environment.
“And as well as providing for our residents and businesses, we’re getting our own infrastructure in place to meet our ambitious carbon reduction targets, so we can tackle the climate emergency head-on.”
Hammersmith and Fulham currently reportedly has more rapid-charge points than any other London borough. The council’s next goal is to double the current 339 charge points with an additional 400 over the next six to eight months.
“In July last year, we set a target for the whole of the borough of Hammersmith & Fulham to reduce carbon emissions to net zero by 2030,” added Harcourt added. “Because we believe in doing things with residents, not to them, we set our own ambitious target to decarbonise our council vehicles by 2022.
“Our new electric infrastructure takes us a step closer to consolidating, reducing and electrifying our fleet and to meeting our share of the net zero target.”
