All future homes in the U.K. will have electric car charging stations installed under a new government proposal in a push to get more electric cars on the road.
In 2018, the U.K. government published a strategy to make all new cars and vans produced to be effectively zero emissions by 2040. Now, as part of the “Road to Zero” strategy, dedicated chargepoints will be included in each new home that is built so it is more convenient to charge electric vehicles, due to the fact that most drivers charge at home.
The U.K. is pushing to have more electric cars on the road in an effort to help curb climate change as well as reduce the dependency on foreign fossil fuels.
The proposal would require any new residential building with an associated car parking space to have an electric vehicle charging point. This will be a requirement for every residential building undergoing major renovation, with more than 10 car parking spaces to have one chargepoint and cable routes for EVs in every space.
For non-residential buildings, the proposal will also be in affect, as long as the building has more than 10 car parking spaces. Beginning in 2025, existing non-residential buildings will be required to install at least one chargepoint if they have more than 20 car parking spaces.
