As part of Hampshire County Council’s carbon emissions plans across the local area, 50 new on-street EV chargepoints will be installed in Eastleigh and Winchester as part of a pilot scheme.
Transportandenergy.com reports that the move will see a pilot scheme involving the installation of two different types of on-street EV chargepoints: streetlighting columns, which will be used in the Winchester trial; and bollards, which will be used in the Eastleigh trial.
The pilot follows a successful funding bid to the Government’s Office for Zero Emission Vehicles, from which £125,000 grant was awarded for the project which was also funded by the local authority.
Deputy Leader of Hampshire County Council and Executive Member for Economy, Transport and Environment, Councillor Rob Humby, said: “As part of our commitment to become carbon neutral by 2050, and with a third of carbon emissions in Hampshire coming from transport, I’m keen that appropriate charging infrastructure is in place to encourage people to make the switch to electric vehicles where they can.”