Drivers without off-street parking represent just 9% of EV users. But EV charger company Connected Kerb says that after having installed 1,000 chargers in 2021 it expects to have 5,500 installed across the UK by the end of 2022, with contracts secured for 30,000 more. By 2030, the company plans to have 190,000 chargers installed, worth up to £1.9 billion.
Among the contracts won for public on-street EV chargers in 2021, is one for West Sussex council that will see 10,000 chargers deployed, most by 2030, on streets, in public sector car parks and at community facilities. Connected Kerb says the tender is the UK’s largest ever deployment by a local authority.
In addition, Kent County Council has chosen Connected Kerb to deploy at least 600 chargers by 2023. Installations are beginning this year, with many of the chargers installed in parish towns and rural areas.
Other council tenders include Coventry (300 chargers), Cambridge (360) and Plymouth (100), and recently, Milton Keynes (250), Warrington (30), Medway (30).
Dr Chris Pateman-Jones, Chief Executive Officer of Connected Kerb, said: “Knowing you can arrive at virtually any location, at any time, in any vehicle and cheaply charge your battery without inconvenience or faff is the reality we have to deliver to create an EV society.”
The UK government’s Office for Zero Emission Vehicles meets 75% of the cost of installing on-street charging through the On-Street Residential Charging Scheme (ORCS). In many cases, Connected Kerb provides the remaining 25%.