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An additional 182 electric vehicle charging points are set to be installed in Hackney this year, with the Council also launching a feasibility study into the rapid expansion of charging infrastructure in the borough.
Of the new charging points 120 are set to be installed on lampposts - with dedicated charging bays created on the road - which will bring the total number of chargers in Hackney to 298.
Funded by the Department for Transport's Go Ultra Low City Scheme, with match-funding from the Council, the lamppost chargers make use of the existing power supply to lampposts to provide additional charging points, and will help people make the switch to electric vehicles, reducing their impact on air quality. Residents and businesses are being asked to suggest locations for the new charging points that will best support people to switch to electric vehicles.
The Council is also commissioning a study that will investigate the feasibility of delivering lamp column charge points on all of the borough's residential roads, as part of a broader programme to drastically reduce motor vehicle pollution without increasing car ownership overall.
If a charging point were to be installed on every street, up to 2,000 would be seen across the borough, building on the Council's existing commitment to provide a charging point no more than 500m from every home. As part of the study, the Council is exploring how its new publicly-owned, low carbon energy services company, Hackney Light and Power could be used to power the new chargers.
The new chargers will bring the total number of charging points in Hackney to 298, including 12 Rapid Chargers with capacity to charge 22 vehicles, 69 Fast Freestanding Chargers with capacity to charge 93 vehicles and 183 Lamppost Chargers.
The Go Ultra Low City Scheme is a programme by the Office for Low Emission Vehicles within the Department for Transport. It aims to provide funding to local authorities in the UK that encourages thousands of people to consider switching to an electric car. The roll-out of GULCS across the capital is a joint initiative between Transport for London (TfL), the Greater London Authority (GLA) and London Councils.
Funded by the Department for Transport's Go Ultra Low City Scheme, with match-funding from the Council, the lamppost chargers make use of the existing power supply to lampposts to provide additional charging points, and will help people make the switch to electric vehicles, reducing their impact on air quality. Residents and businesses are being asked to suggest locations for the new charging points that will best support people to switch to electric vehicles.
The Council is also commissioning a study that will investigate the feasibility of delivering lamp column charge points on all of the borough's residential roads, as part of a broader programme to drastically reduce motor vehicle pollution without increasing car ownership overall.
If a charging point were to be installed on every street, up to 2,000 would be seen across the borough, building on the Council's existing commitment to provide a charging point no more than 500m from every home. As part of the study, the Council is exploring how its new publicly-owned, low carbon energy services company, Hackney Light and Power could be used to power the new chargers.
The new chargers will bring the total number of charging points in Hackney to 298, including 12 Rapid Chargers with capacity to charge 22 vehicles, 69 Fast Freestanding Chargers with capacity to charge 93 vehicles and 183 Lamppost Chargers.
The Go Ultra Low City Scheme is a programme by the Office for Low Emission Vehicles within the Department for Transport. It aims to provide funding to local authorities in the UK that encourages thousands of people to consider switching to an electric car. The roll-out of GULCS across the capital is a joint initiative between Transport for London (TfL), the Greater London Authority (GLA) and London Councils.
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