New electric vehicle charging points are being installed in Cardiff. The 24 chargers will be placed in 12 convenient locations across the city - with a focus on public car parks, close to shopping centres, parks and community hubs.
When complete, the addition, funded by Cardiff Capital Region (CCR), will see more than 70 publicly available charging stations on council-owned land or highways in the city. The development comes after it was revealed Cardiff will need nearly 10,000 electric vehicle charging points by 2025 to cope with the expected increase in battery-powered cars.
The city will then need 40,000 charging points by 2030, according to the Welsh Government, assuming nine out of 10 vehicles will be electric in 2035. On the 24 new chargers, cabinet member for climate change, Councillor Caro Wild, said: "Installing chargers in key locations helps existing EV owners top up their charge levels on the go, while they visit community facilities, shop or work and can enable people whose homes can't accommodate off-street chargers to make the switch away from petrol or diesel, reducing carbon emissions and helping make our air cleaner.
