ONE HUNDRED new charging points will be created in residential streets in Oxford to make electric vehicle ownership possible for 16,000 extra homes.
James Brown, from BMW I sales, with a BMW i3 electric car at a charging point at the Tesco car park off Cowley Road
The largest pilot of its kind in the world will begin when 30 trial points of various kinds are installed in pavements and lampposts by the end of this year.
The most successful types of charger points will then be rolled out in 100 residential streets around the city, probably from 2018.
Oxford City Council and Oxfordshire County Council hope to encourage thousands more people to buy electric cars to help cut emissions in the city.
City executive board member for climate change, John Tanner, said:
“Climate change and poor air quality are two of the biggest issues facing Oxford and we all need to do everything we can to cut vehicle emissions.
“However, for people living in Oxford’s beautiful but narrow terraced streets, charging an electric car is a real problem. This project aims to remove that barrier.
“By installing 100 electric charging points, we are going to turn the Oxford into a city filled with electric avenues.”
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