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Join Vauxhall's Electric Streets of Britain Campaign

NOMINATE YOUR STREET

Vauxhall’s Electric Streets of Britain campaign aims to support the 40% of UK households without off-street parking to transition to electric vehicles with ease, ensuring they have access to easy and convenient electric vehicle charge-points. Whether you drive an electric vehicle today or would consider one in future, we want to hear from you.

Answer a few short questions via the link below and tell us what charging facilities are needed on your street. We are building a nationwide picture of where EV charging demand exists. Together with our Electric Streets of Britain partners, we will use the information gathered to support local councils across the country with the acceleration of on-street charging.

NOMINATE YOUR STREET

In the latest update for the campaign, Vauxhall published a new heatmap to provide a visual representation of where streets have been registered as needing local charging access through the Electric Streets of Britain database.

Alongside this heatmap, Vauxhall also released the results of a new Freedom of Information (FOI) request by Vauxhall, which found that 56.5% of the 267 local authorities who responded still do not have a published on-street residential charging strategy in place.

Although this figure has improved by almost 15% since 2023 (72% of UK councils), the data reflects the work still to be done to reach the required levels of accessible charging needed to match electric vehicle demand.

Check out the heat map below to see a snapshot of where more than 11,500 streets have been registered on the database so far.

Registered streets in this region so far: 1,028

Population: 6,334,500*

Councils: 34

Additional charge points estimated to be installed this year: 526

How many of these are classed as on-street residential charge points: 311 (59%)

Registered streets in this region so far: 911

Population: 4,880,200*

Councils: 30

Additional charge points estimated to be installed this year: 144

How many of these are classed as on-street residential charge points: 69 (48%)

Registered streets in this region so far: 1,061

Population: 8,799,800*

Councils: 28

Additional charge points estimated to be installed this year: 6,090

How many of these are classed as on-street residential charge points: 4,058 (67%)

Registered streets in this region so far: 768

Population: 2,647,100*

Councils: 8

Additional charge points estimated to be installed this year: 221

How many of these are classed as on-street residential charge points: 108 (49%)

Registered streets in this region so far: 169

Population: 1,904,600*

Councils: 6

Additional charge points estimated to be installed this year: 45

How many of these are classed as on-street residential charge points: 30 (67%)

Registered streets in this region so far: 1,691

Population: 7,417,300*

Councils: 25

Additional charge points estimated to be installed this year: 658

How many of these are classed as on-street residential charge points: 583 (89%)

Registered streets in this region so far: 1,219

Population: 5,479,900*

Councils: 31

Additional charge points estimated to be installed this year: 279

How many of these are classed as on-street residential charge points: 151 (54%)

Registered streets in this region so far: 1,472

Population: 9,278,100*

Councils: 50

Additional charge points estimated to be installed this year: 2,260

How many of these are classed as on-street residential charge points: 1,418 (63%)

Registered streets in this region so far: 955

Population: 5,701,200*

Councils: 20

Additional charge points estimated to be installed this year: 745

How many of these are classed as on-street residential charge points: 469 (63%)

Registered streets in this region so far: 741

Population: 3,107,500*

Councils: 21

Additional charge points estimated to be installed this year: 559

How many of these are classed as on-street residential charge points: 372 (67%)

Registered streets in this region so far: 966

Population: 5,950,800*

Councils: 21

Additional charge points estimated to be installed this year: 1,158

How many of these are classed as on-street residential charge points: 783 (68%)

Registered streets in this region so far: 1,047

Population: 5,480,800*

Councils: 15

Additional charge points estimated to be installed this year: 361

How many of these are classed as on-street residential charge points: 10 (3%)

Last updated: 28 August 2024

*Population based on consensus

Find your nearest public charging point using the Octopus Electroverse map

Vauxhall has launched a database which allows all motorists register an interest in having residential charge points installed on their street. Vauxhall will share this data with local councils and charging operators to ensure investment is focused in the right areas.

You don’t need to own an electric or plug-in hybrid vehicle today to complete the form. We also want to hear from you, if you are considering making the switch in the future, this will help ensure the required infrastructure is ready & waiting for you!

Vauxhall have partnered with leading on-street-charging operators Char.gy, Connected Kerb and SureCharge, to support our Electric Streets of Britain campaign.

These partners have access to funding from Vauxhall to support their efforts in educating your local council on the best way to quickly roll out this vital infrastructure.

Vauxhall is pleased to welcome carwow as an Electric Streets Partner. Exclusive carwow data reveals that 15% of all new vehicle enquiries so far have been for EVs. The disparity between EV interest and charge point installation highlights the scale of growth required in the UK’s charging network to keep pace with EV sales and we will be collaborating to ensure so car buyers are not put off by a lack of available charging as the number of EVs on the road grows.

450 out of 19,456

Only 2.3% of on-street charge points in the UK have been adapted specifically for the considerations of disabled drivers

2,700 Charging Bays

across 619 Tesco Stores making it the nations largest supermarket charging network.

Only 30%

Of people with or wanting to have an electric vehicle feel supported by their local council.

Tesco Partnership

Vauxhall has partnered with supermarket giant, Tesco, to offer new electric vehicle customers one year‘s free charging credit* at stores nationwide, PLUS 50,000 Tesco Clubcard points when purchasing a new private car or van from a Vauxhall UK retailer or through the online store.

Shoppers can exchange their 50,000 Clubcard points for £500 in Clubcard vouchers to be used in store or get 2x their value with more than 100 Clubcard Reward Partners.

*Free charging credit based on one year’s average mileage in a private vehicle (5,900 miles, Department for Transport 2022) and administered as a fixed credit value in the Pod Point app. For full Terms & Conditions, visit www.vauxhall.co.uk/tesco

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ACCESSIBILITY

New research was undertaken by Vauxhall in June 2024 to consider the needs of disabled motorists who rely upon on-street residential EV charging. The investigation found that just 2.3% of the UK’s on-street electric vehicle chargers are specifically adapted to consider the needs of disabled drivers according to new research by Vauxhall.

Vauxhall conducted a Freedom of Information request that revealed:

105 on-street chargers across the UK are positioned in disabled parking bays
Only 238 on-street chargers meet the British Standards Institution’s open-access standards on accessible EV charging
No on-street charge points in London are reported to have been adapted for disabled users

EXPLORE MOTABILITY

LOCAL COUNCIL IMPACT

Research Vauxhall carried out in May 2024 showed that 75% of motorists were depending on local authorities to install on-street charging to meet demand and increasing numbers of EV owners.

The survey, carried out ahead of the UK’s local and mayoral elections, found that only 25% of respondents noticed issues around charging infrastructure playing a role in the political manifestos and canvassing of local candidates, suggesting it has dropped off the political agenda. It also reported fewer than one-in-10 drivers were happy with on-street charging in their area.

Electric Streets of Britain launched in August 2023, after an exclusive Vauxhall investigation revealed more than 70% of UK councils have no published strategy in place for on-street residential electric vehicle charging.

The findings, which came from a Freedom of Information request submitted to 414 councils and local authorities across the UK, found:

71.6%

of UK councils have no published

strategy for residential

on-street charging

69%

of local authorities have

yet to install any on-street

residential charge points

19,105

London will soon be home to

that many on-street charge

points – more than double

across all other regions

of the UK combined

In response, Vauxhall launched a nationwide database to track demand across the UK for on-street residential charging needs with the aim of accelerating on-street charge-point installation.

Vauxhall also teamed up with leading UK on-street charge-point operators, Char.gy, Connected Kerb and SureCharge, to support local councils in meeting demand effectively and efficiently.

Details are based on Vauxhall's Freedom of Information request up to 2nd July 2023 and completed by 289 of the 414 councils approached

According to exclusive data collated by Vauxhall, more than 70% of UK councils do not currently have a published strategy in place for the installation of residential on-street charging.

The findings come from a Freedom of Information request submitted to 414 councils and local authorities across the UK. See how many on-street residential chargers are due to be installed in the next 12 months in your local area:

Find out more about Vauxhall's electric offers and the work we are doing to champion a net zero future

NET ZERO FUTURE

ELECTRIC OFFERS

Char.gy

Living with an electric vehicle is easy when you can charge close to home.

Char.gy is installing on-street charge points to give people without driveways access to easier, cheaper, greener charging within a 2-minute walk of their home. All their on-street charging points give people access to low-cost, overnight charging, when the UK’s electricity grid is typically at its greenest.

Char.gy are working to install thousands more charge points in various urban and rural locations across the UK.

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Connected Kerb

Connected Kerb are an electric vehicle charging solutions provider, who aim to bring inclusive, reliable and convenient electric vehicle charging to everyone.

They focus on fast electric vehicle charging (that's 7kW to 22kW chargers) in long-stay locations such as on-street residential parking or car parks.

The company deliver on-street community electric vehicle charging, working with local authorities to support residents unable to charge their vehicle on a driveway.

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SureCharge

FM Conway’s Electric Vehicle charging solution, SureCharge, provides an end-to-end service to local authorities across the UK, covering installation, operation, and maintenance of its charge points.

SureCharge provides a simple solution that leverages existing street infrastructure, such as lighting columns, enabling the efficient deployment of chargepoints when and where they are needed most.

As part of the FM Conway Group, the SureCharge network is supplied with electricity from 100% renewable sources, and is backed by REGOs (Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin), to offer an eco-friendly option across its range of chargers.

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The sale of new petrol and diesel cars, and vans, is set to end in the UK from 2035. This transition requires a charging network that is reliable and accessible to motorists across the country. The ability to charge at home is one of the key factors determining whether motorists make the switch to electric. We surveyed all UK councils to find out how prepared they are for this transition. The key findings are detailed below. By completing our simple survey you can help us work collaboratively with local councils and charge point operators to accelerate the adoption of this vital infrastructure.

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EAST MIDLANDS

LONDON

NORTH EAST

NORTHERN IRELAND

NORTH WEST

SCOTLAND

SOUTH EAST

SOUTH WEST

WALES

WEST MIDLANDS

YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER

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450 out of 19,456

Only 2.3% of on-street charge points in the UK have been adapted specifically for the considerations of disabled drivers

2,700 Charging Bays

across 619 Tesco Stores making it the nations largest supermarket charging network.