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.
"41% of Cardiff's carbon emissions currently come from transport, so changing how we move around is key to our One Planet Strategy, but electric vehicles alone are not a silver bullet, and the installation of charging infrastructure sits alongside our ambitious plans to double the number of people cycling and using public transport by 2030."
CCR Energy and Transport Manager Clare Cameron said: "This latest roll-out of EV charging installations is great news. CCR's wider ambition is to create a green and sustainable transport infrastructure that meets the needs of all our citizens as well as protecting the planet - and our Ultra Low Emission Vehicle programme has a huge part to play in this.
"That's why we're committed to locating 178 public use dual chargers across 146 sites, throughout the region. We were delighted to see the first unit installed in Blaenau Gwent in August; and we're looking forward to seeing the programme really come to life across Cardiff and all local authority areas over the next few months."
The new chargers are being installed at:
- Star Hub Car Park, Muirton Road
- College Road
- Taffs Mead Embankment
- Tewkesbury Place
- Heath Park Car Park
- Havannah Street Car Park
- Penlline Road Car Park
- North Road Car Park
- Castle Mews Car Park
- Sophia Gardens Car Park
- Harvey Street Car Park
- Pontcanna/Llandaff Fields Car Park
Read next:
- 21 pictures that show just how much Ely has changed over the years
- Thousands of inquiries into hospital-acquired Covid infections in Wales have not yet begun
- Stolen vehicle stopped on busy Cardiff road with huge machete inside
- Police investigate apparent online threat to 'burn' venue hosting a feminist conference in Cardiff
- Much-loved dad dies suddenly just days before his 40th birthday
