Electric vehicle (EV) charging boost for County Durham

Residents are set to benefit from a major new scheme to improve electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in County Durham.

Cllr Mark Wilkes with one of the council’s electric vehicles (Image: Durham County Council)

Durham County Council is working in partnership with Zest to identify an additional 250 charging locations across the county.

With 40 per cent of residents in County Durham not having a driveway, the project aims to encourage those people to choose electric vehicles.

The project is being supported by a grant of more than £4 million from the government’s Local EV Infrastructure (LEVI) scheme, while Zest will also invest more than £7 million to provide and operate the charge points, systems and long-term provision of the service.

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