PLUGGING THE GAP: ELECTRIC CAR CHARGING 'HUGE GROWTH AREA' FOLLOWING 18th EDITION REGS

摘要

Amid the UK government's ambitious plans to raise uptake of electric vehicles, Bureau Veritas has stated that electric car charging infrastructure represents a 'huge growth area' for the industry following the recent introduction of the 18th Edition of the IET Wiring Regulations. According to latest figures, the UK needs at least 100,000 EV charging points by 2020 - a six fold increase on the 16,500 currently available - in order to provide adequate infrastructure for the one million low-polluting vehicles expected to hit the roads over the same period. With a raft of companies, including budget supermarket giant Lidl and the UK electric charging firm Chargemaster, recently announcing plans to invest significant sums in building a network of charging points across the UK and Ireland, hotels, office car parks, retailers, business centres and universities are all set to be upgraded with the infrastructure necessary to achieve this.