Electric vehicles (EV)
Zap Map displays a map with locations and providers of EV charge points, the type of charge, its availability and utilisation fee. Zap Map is widely used and regularly updated. Registering with Zap Map enables you to report any unmapped charge points for inclusion.
North East Lincolnshire has welcomed EV technology and been developing EV infrastructure since 2013, when charge points were first introduced to council-owned car parks. As ownership of EV has started to increase in the area, there are several key drivers for further developing the EV agenda including:
We are committed to the EV agenda and recognise the key role locally in supporting the change to EV and ultra-low emission vehicles and are actively liaising with residents, businesses, and neighbouring local authorities in the continued development of EV infrastructure in North East Lincolnshire.
Types of EV charge points
Chargepoints take a variety of forms and can be placed at on-street or off-street locations. Many public chargepoints are integrated into a free-standing column or a pedestal, or could be more like a large parking payment machine. Chargepoints can also be integrated into some lamp posts with or without small bollards depending on whether the lamp post is positioned kerb side or near side of pavement.
In NEL, we are looking at:
Free-standing pedestal (on-street or off-street)
Lamp post (on-street)
Lamp post with bollard (on-street)
The lamp post chargers will generally be lower powered and take longer to charge but will be cheaper. The pedestal type chargers could be either a slow or faster charge.