Installations of electric vehicle (EV) chargers are beginning to halt amidst new government guidelines regarding COVID-19.
Ubitricity Electric Avenue project lamppost charging (Image: Siemens)
Speaking to Current± yesterday, ubitricity’s managing director Daniel Bentham said they had received communication from Transport for London and the London boroughs that afternoon, and were told that the installation of EV chargers is not considered to be essential work.
“We’ll be pausing the installation of new charge points under the second phase of the Go Ultra Low City Scheme, but we will still be maintaining and conducting repairs and finishing any works which are currently underway,” Bentham said.
Ubitricity provides “all the hardware and services” for Siemens, which then does the installation works for a number of London boroughs under the Go Ultra Low City Scheme. The pair announced the completion of the UK’s first fully electrified residential avenue of lamppost chargers last week, which Bentham said now feels like “a different world almost”.
“We were on the street last Monday doing the photoshoots and the world changed the next day.”
Read more: Current News
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