NEXT Green Car has added a further 282 electric car charging points to the national Zap-Map, resulting in a total of 1,034 points mapped across 451 locations.
The majority of the charging points continue to be the ‘slow’ chargers – six to eight hours for a full charge - however Zap-Map has added the first six ‘fast’ chargers, which take three to four hours.
And an additional two ‘rapid’ chargers, 80 per cent of which charge in 30 minutes, will add to the existing 27.
The expansion of the UK’s recharging infrastructure is being primarily funded through the Government’s Plugged-in Places scheme, and also by enlightened local authorities such as Milton Keynes and Oxford.
Despite the ongoing budget cuts, the Office of Low Emission Vehicles has confirmed funding of £300 million for the installation of 8,500 recharge points by 2013, some 4,000 of which will be ‘on-street’ public access points.
Next Green Car’s Dr Ben Lane said: “The continuing roll-out of recharge points at home, at the workplace and in public locations is a key part of encouraging the take-up of electric vehicles.
“As part of this electric revolution, owners of plug-in EVs need an easy-to-use data resource showing where the public recharging points are located – this is why we have developed Zap-Map in the UK.”
The Next Green Car’s Zap-Map can be found on a new electric cars microsite within Next Green Car.