The Government has promised millions of drivers without a driveway should be able to charge their electric vehicles more easily as it is set to roll out thousands more local chargepoints across England.
Future of Roads Minister Lilian Greenwood has confirmed that Government and industry are expected to install over 100,000 local points in the coming years, on top of over 80,000 public chargepoints already available in the UK.
The new chargepoints are being delivered through existing Government funding from the £381m Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Fund, providing support to industry and local authorities across England.
This funding – and the 100,000 figure – have been available since 2022, but this new announcement is the first confirmation that all of the funds have now been allocated. Local authorities were initially slow to apply for the money.
Future of Roads Minister, Lilian Greenwood, said: “This Government is powering up the EV revolution by rolling out a chargepoint every 29 minutes, and our support to roll out over 100,000 local chargepoints in England shows we’re committed to making even more progress.”
This comes as £300m in private investment by Believ for 30,000 new chargepoints all over the UK has been announced, alongside an expected £6bn in private investment to install tens of thousands of chargers by 2030.
The Government says it has been working closely with local councils to fast-track the delivery of chargepoints, with Suffolk County Council being the first local authority in England to enter into a contract with a chargepoint operator to kickstart their rollout. It is promised many more local authorities will follow in the coming weeks and months.
According to the Government’s figures, public chargepoint growth has seen device numbers up 30% in the North and in the South West, 44% in the West Midlands and 43% in the East of England since April 2024.
LEVI is expected to support around 80 local authority projects right across England, of which around 30 have gone out to the procurement stage.
Councils were initially slow on the uptake of the central funds 
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