Only a third of electrical vehicle (EV) charging points worked 12 months after being installed across Liverpool.
Almost 70 EV column chargers were sited at various locations across the city during 2018-19 through a contract Liverpool Council entered into with supplier Ubitricity. In the year following the original commissioning process, it was identified only 30% of the points were suitable for use, owing to what the local authority describes as “specialist nature of the equipment” making maintenance difficult.
A cabinet report has been prepared for a new contract to be entered into with Ubitricity for a period of seven years and the installation of additional column chargers. The document said that in order for Liverpool Council to meet its net zero carbon target of 2030, “it is necessary to increase the number of EV charging points within the city.
