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Up to 250 EV charge points to roll out across West Berkshire
Ubitricity will supply, install and manage the new charge points covering a range of on-street and residential locations across West Berkshire district.
West Berkshire Council in England plans to extend its existing electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure network with up to an additional 250 charge points.
The deployment is part of a four-year contract between the council and Ubitricity, a wholly owned subsidiary of Shell, which will supply, install and manage the new charge points covering a range of on-street and residential locations.
Residential charge point procurement
The scheme aims to improve the availability of local EV charging infrastructure for residents without private off-street parking. Through various funding streams, the council reports, it can receive grants covering up to 60 per cent of residential charge point procurement and installation costs. The Ubitricity charge points charge at a speed of up to 5kW and can be installed in as little as three hours.
The rollout in West Berkshire is planned to be installed in key residential and commercial locations, allowing residents to easily charge hybrid and electric vehicles on the street where they live.
“This initiative is a step towards our desired end-goal of enabling clean air, cost effective transport for as many as possible”
Ubitricity will be deploying up to 250 charge points across the district using its bollard solutions. These bollard charge points are designed to draw power from existing streetlamps and are ideal for rapid residential rollouts, according to the operator, providing a low power, low cost and near-home charging option for councils and local authorities.
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“With the increase of private EV ownership, especially with second- and-third hand EV’s becoming prevalent, it’s important that we work to ensure residents without private charging points can still have access to chargers,” said councillor Adrian Abbs, executive member for climate action, recycling and biodiversity at West Berkshire Council.
“It is also essential that we work towards the right network of public chargers across West Berkshire and so remove range anxiety for all types of EV owners.”
He continued: “This initiative is a step towards our desired end-goal of enabling clean air, cost-effective transport for as many as possible.”
“It is also essential that we work towards the right network of public chargers across West Berkshire and so remove range anxiety for all types of EV owners”
The added social value benefits of this contract will include using a local workforce where possible and supporting two locally based electricians to upskill and complete a City & Guilds EV installation course, Ubitricity reports. In addition, the contract will support Stem (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) events in local secondary schools.
“Across the UK we are seeing growing demand from councils and local authorities of all sizes for our industry-leading public charging infrastructure,” said Toby Butler, UK managing director at ubitricity.
“We are the UK’s largest public EV charge point operator with more than 7,000 charge points now live and are delighted to be welcoming West Berkshire Council into our ever-growing portfolio of partners.”
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