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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jasper Jolly

English councils urged to install pavement gullies for home charging of electric cars

Electric vehicle being charged on street
The government will also allow signs to advertise public chargers on motorways and A-roads and fund 1,200 charge points for the NHS. Photograph: nrqemi/Getty Images/iStockphoto

Local councils in England will be encouraged to install pavement gullies that link houses to the kerbside so that electric cars owners can charge their cars from home if they do not have a driveway.

The new government scheme hopes to stop cables trailing across pavements, as EV owners in built up areas where off-street parking is scarce, try to charge their cars. The Department for Transport has said it will put £25m towards “cross-pavement” charging – essentially a narrow cable channel with a cover on top.

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