Oxford Pop-Up Electric Vehicle Charging

Oxford residents are encouraged to nominate their street for the world’s first 'pop-up' electric vehicle charging points.

20:31 18 May 2018

The city of Oxford is set to become the first city in the world to trial ‘pop-up’ on-street electric vehicle charging points after it was awarded £474,000 to trial the scheme. The project will see 20 ‘UEone’ retractable pavement bollards on streets with on road, off pavement parking. The goal is to provide charging for the 43per cent of UK households who have on-street parking.

 

The charging points will be made by Urban Electric Networks while the installation will be carried out by the City Council’s Sustainable Cities Team together with Oxford Direct Services and Scottish and Southern Energy Networks (SSEN).

 

Olivier Freeling-Wilkinson, Cofounder at Urban Electric said: “The cheapest, most convenient and grid-friendly way to charge an EV is at home at night, yet up to 85% of households in some urban residential areas cannot do so because they park on-street, acting as a barrier to EV adoption.

 

“By giving certainty of access to a home-based charge point for on-street residential parking zones, the UEone makes it possible for local authorities to enable the 11.3m UK households currently excluded from driving an EV with the ability to do so without spoiling street aesthetics.”

 

By installing an over-supply of charging bollards in a street from day one we are creating an abundance of charging spaces that will give consumers without off-street parking the confidence to switch to an EV”