New electric vehicle points coming to Rutland

Rutland is set to benefit from the installation of 30 new electric vehicle charging points. This follows a successful bid for almost £1m of funding, aimed at getting more electric vehicle chargers into areas with limited off-street parking.

Midlands connect has announced that we'll see 26 standard and 4 rapid charging points introduced to our region.

The bid, aiming to deliver hundreds of new electric vehicle charging points across the Midlands, was made in June focusing on the first tranche of money offered as part of Government’s Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Pilot.

The resulting award of £935,355 is to be distributed between the five councils across the Midlands.

It is expected that this support from Government will now attract an additional £2.8million of private sector investment, with the cumulative funds being used to install a total of 322 standard and 27 rapid public EV chargers across the Midlands.

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