According to a legislation that ministers want to introduce this year, electric chargers will soon welcome buyers of new homes in the UK. The laws will cover new offices too.
Transport minister Rachael Maclean revealed the proposed laws, a first worldwide, will mandate installing electric vehicle charging points in all new development properties in England. This move is coming on the heels of the 2030 ban of new light-duty ICE vehicles sales in the country. It will accelerate the development of charging infrastructure to match demand as more citizens switch to electric cars.
The current rate of charging point installation is far below what is needed, at only 500 per month. Experts say the country needs to see a rate of about 700 per day to be adequately prepared for the expected boom in electric vehicle sales. The latest figures show there are 24,374 public chargers in the UK.
Meanwhile, the government is ready to spend £1.3 billion on charging points in homes, streets, and motorways all over the UK. Street installations will take care of households that do not have parking spaces on their properties. They will also benefit from chargers at offices.
Outlining the timeline for the legislation, Maclean said, “We will publish our consultation response on requiring all new residential and non-residential buildings to have a charge point and we intend to lay legislation later this year. We also confirmed our intention to mandate that home and workplace electric vehicle chargers must be capable of smart charging.”
The smart charging requirement is to prevent overloading the grid when drivers plugin at the same time. This will be achieved by communicating to the car the best time to connect to the grid.
The UK is aiming for net-zero emissions by 2050. A net-zero emissions policy means any emission produced will be canceled out by a system to remove an equivalent amount of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.
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