New figures have revealed that the government is spending 15 times more on private EV chargers than on public chargers…

Funding Private, Not Public, Chargers?

A new analysis of Department for Transport figures has revealed that funding for the installation of off-street residential electric vehicle (EV) chargers exceeds that of public chargers fifteen times over. The analysis, which was conducted by the FairCharge campaign, reveals that a considerable £104.5 million has thus far been spend on the Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme (EVHS) since it was introduced in 2014.

Conversely, just £6.8 million in grant funding has been allocated to the On-street Residential Charging Scheme (ORCS) since 2017. This means that funding for EVHS was 15.37 times higher than that of the ORCS programme. For perspective, EVHS has led to the installation of 236,697 private chargers whilst ORCS led to just 2,038 public chargers. In addition, the Government has now announced that EVHS funding will be suspended for single-unit properties.

‘It Can’t Be Right’ 

Quentin Willson, who leads the FairCharge campaign, has criticised the disparity in funding between public and private chargers. He said, “the EVHS has been great in that is has led so many to make the switch to EVs. But it can’t be right that there is such a big a gap between public money spent supporting off-street and on-street charging. Figures like this add to the feeling that some have that EVs are the preserve of the wealthy”.

He added, “if the transition to net zero is to be successful then it must be fair. When it comes to EVs, it just isn’t fair that those who have access to driveways or garages have so much more Government help to support their charging needs than those – on-average much poorer – people who do not. Our FairCharge campaign is aimed at preventing exactly this sort of injustice”.

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