The Transport Technology Forum (TTF) has established a working group to help local councils deliver EV charging networks across the UK.
The TTF has agreed an initial commitment to sharing best practice and producing an EV handbook for use by local authorities.
The working group is being chaired by Shamala Evans-Gadgil, EV project manager at Coventry City Council, who said: “There is already lots of guidance available about how EV infrastructure can be rolled out, but the documents are huge and cumbersome and can scare people away.
“This working group is about empowering local authorities, especially those who haven’t even started yet, to begin this journey and provide that initial kick-start document to help them build their EV network.
“We commit that this document will be no more than 10 pages, it will be simple with a list of deliverables to show how to bring each authority’s stakeholders together.
“There are already many groups looking at EV issues – we are filling the specific gap to help local authorities get started.”
The first meeting of the working group was hosted by EV manufacturer Polestar at its Milton Keynes test drive hub and attended by organisations such as Enterprise Rent-a-Car, data innovation company CKDelta, University College London and Brecon Beacons National Park.
