Public car chargers will no longer be free in North Ayrshire as their adoption begins to accelerate.
The council has announced that it will raise funds for the use of vehicle power supply within the next year.
It wants to install a public charging station for all nine plug-in vehicles in the region by December 2025.
Last year alone, electricity costs were £ 20,345, with public charger use being £ 18,144 and community fleet vehicles being £ 2,201.
City councils recently approved the council’s electric vehicle strategy through 2025 in a cabinet meeting.
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Council Chair Joe Cullinane, Labor, said that one-third of the parishes in Scotland are charging electric vehicle power and a number of others have agreed to introduce charging.
He said: “We will get to the point in the next few years that all 32 councils have tariffs for electric vehicles. That is the direction of travel in the country.”
He said, “It’s about covering the cost of the infrastructure and making sure we get it.”
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He said the council’s tariff will be “significantly lower than the average cost of gasoline and diesel”.
South Ayrshire has also decided, as part of a new strategy, to calculate electricity from electric vehicles.
In North Ayrshire, 217 plug-in vehicles were registered in the region in 2020.
According to a cabinet paper, the North Ayrshire council had installed a total of 24 charging points for the public by December.
North Ayrshire public charging station fees:
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Electric Vehicle Fares in North Ayrshire: |
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• £ 0.30 per kWh for fast chargers (over 43 kW). |
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• £ 0.19 per kWh for charging stations at the destination (all slower charging stations, e.g. 22 kW, 7 kW and 3 kW). |
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• A flat fee of £ 10 for overstay is automatically applied after 70 minutes for fast chargers and 190 minutes for destination chargers. |
There are nine charging stations for municipal workplaces – and the goal is to have 44 by December 2025.
The council also aims to have two percent of vehicles registered in North Ayrshire connected by that date.
Councilor Jim Montgomerie, Cabinet Member for Green New Deal and Sustainability, said the electric vehicle strategy was part of “ambitious plans to address the climate crisis.”
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He said, “This underscores our drive to expand our EV charging point network across North Ayrshire as we encourage more people to consider EVs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and tackle climate change.”
Sales of new gasoline and diesel cars will be banned by the UK government in 2030.
According to a council paper, 12 out of 32 Scottish councils have already introduced tariffs for driving electric cars.
A Council report stated: “Promoting the diffusion of electric vehicles will not only help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change, but will also help improve local air quality and thus public health and wellbeing. “
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