A further 10,000 new chargepoints for electric vehicles will be installed across the West Midlands after funds were secured from central government for EV infrastructure improvements.
West Midlands Mayor Richard Parker secured funding from the Department for Transport’s Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Fund, and announced he is giving the “go ahead” for 10,000 new connection points to help bring about what he termed a “transport revolution”.
Citing plans to install 200 points at nine ultra-fast charging hubs, with locations for two identified, Parker called his region, home to Jaguar Land Rover and Aston Martin, “the beating heart of the UK car industry”, and said he wanted the area to “lead the charge into a new era of electrification”.
Parker, who took office after winning the 2024 Mayoral Election, is head of the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) and a former partner at PwC, a role that saw him manage the firm’s relations with the Labour Party from 2010-15, added: “This is about building a cleaner and greener future for all of our communities, reducing pollution and tackling the climate emergency head-on.”
The West Midlands last year saw a 36% rise in the number of public chargepoints, with the region’s 4,000 points the fifth highest of all English regions outside London.
