Oxfordshire County Council begins cross-pavement charging trial in £700k scheme

Cross-sector solutions can drive CV transition

As we head into the summer Parliamentary recess, a series of major government commitments to boost the UK’s EV transition in the past week have potentially significant benefits for the commercial vehicle sector. These include the new £63 million boost for EV charging infrastructure, more than half of which will be made available for van, truck, coach and ambulance depots and the reminder for cross-pavement gullies, which could help encourage mor…

Oxfordshire County Council begins cross-pavement charging trial in £700k scheme

Oxfordshire County Council is beginning its own pilot project for cross-pavement EV charging, in an effort to make electric vehicles more accessible for those without access to off-street parking. The trial will allow more EV drivers to reduce their reliance on the public charging network, opening up the possibility of running an EV on more affordable domestic electricity to more residents. It will initially benefit 500 residents who don’t have …