Charging gullies for EVs gets public support
New research has revealed widespread support for ‘charging gullies’ beneath pavements to allow residents in terraced houses to charge their electric cars.
The government has announced plans for a £25m scheme to create these gullies for underground charging cables to enable residential charging for all homeowners.
Nearly nine in 10 (88%) people support the plans, with the latest Startline Used Car Tracker finding that 62% believe it will make electric cars more practical for terraced house owners and 37% saying it will make home charging cheaper.
Paul Burgess, CEO at Startline Motor Finance, said: “Around a quarter of people in the UK live in terraced houses with no access to off-road parking and therefore nowhere to install an electric car charger. That makes it effectively impossible for them to give up their existing petrol and diesel cars without having to use expensive public chargers.
“Charging gullies are a simple and effective solution to this, and the £25m allocated by the government should go some way to helping people living in these homes to electrify in the future, being able to charge their cars using low-cost, domestic power.
“As our data shows, there are very few objections to this move but some people do correctly identify that drivers aren’t always able to park directly outside their home, and this is an issue that is not easily overcome.”
