The issue of how motorists without driveways will charge electric vehicles continues to inch towards resolution, with chargepoint operator Chargy announcing government funding has seen it install 650 kerbside sockets.
The projects are part of the Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI), which sees central cash diverted to local authorities to roll out on-street chargepoint infrastructure.
Chargy has been awarded contracts by 11 councils to bring sockets on stream, and says it has installed more plugs via the LEVI scheme than any other operator.
The firm has rolled out 650 LEVI sockets in Brighton & Hove, and Reading, but says more must be done given half of UK councils offer no on-street charging facilities.
Chargy aspires to install 60,000 LEVI chargepoints based on the contracts it has been awarded, with sockets typically added to lamp posts.
John Lewis, the company’s chief executive, says councils choose his firm “because we turn LEVI projects into working charge points at pace and keep them working.”
