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8th August 2023
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Electric Vehicle (EV) charging devices
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1. How many public EV charging devices are available in your authority? And how many of these are rapid or ultra rapid? (If unable to provide a break down please share total):
o The total number of devices: 157
o The total number of rapid charging devices (providing power at between 50kW and 100kW): 6
o The total number of ultra rapid chargers (providing power at 100kW and above): 0
2. How many public EV chargers have you installed for each of the last five years? How many of these have been rapid or ultra rapid? (if you are unable to include information for 5 years please include as far back as you can. If you are unable to provide rapid / ultrarapid breakdown, please provide total)
a) 2020: 6
b) 2021: 44
c) 2022:32
d) 2023: 50
e) 2024 (up to current date): 0
3. In the last five years, how much in GPB has your local authority invested in electrical vehicle charging infrastructure? (if you are unable to include information for 5 years please include as far back as you can)
a) 2020:
b) 2021:
c) 2022: £173,500 through the On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme (ORCS) in 2022 / 2023
d) 2023:
e) 2024 (up to current date): £264,000 through the Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) capital funding in 2024
The LEVI funding allocations are available online on the government portal, whilst there were relevant announcements by our comms team with the latest one being in spring this year (Government grant powers borough's electric vehicle dreams | Wokingham).
It is worth noting that in both cases the grants were used to leverage private investments. In the case of the ORCS scheme the grant covered 60% of the project cost and the remaining 40% was provided by the supplier. For the LEVI scheme we are still waiting approval from the funding body to go out to open tender and the aim is to identify the supplier who will maximise the private investment and install the highest number of chargepoints within the borough.
4. What percentage of your public EV charging devices were fully operational (without faults being reported) for the last:
a) 6 months: 96%
b) 12 months: 93%
5. How many parking spaces with public charging facilities did you provide across your local authority during the following years? (If unable to provide a break down please share total)
a) 2020:
b) 2021:
c) 2022:
d) 2023:
e) 2024 (up to current date):
85
6. If applicable, how many of your public EV chargers sit within ULEZ or low emission zones?
0
