Following the installation of the first park-and-charge electric hub in the parking lot of the Cattle Market in Bicester in May, the locations of the remaining 19 locations were announced. Work started earlier this month and is expected to be completed by March 2022.
The parking and charging program enables residents who do not have any off-street parking spaces to park overnight free of charge and to charge them at a “fast” 7-22 kW charging station for electric vehicles. The chargers will also provide much-needed battery charges for commuters and visitors during the day.
The project is being carried out by a consortium of partners including Oxfordshire County Council, the University of Oxford, Urban Integrated UK and the Bicester company Zeta Lighting, which operates the EV charging service under the trade name EZ-Charge. Cherwell, West Oxfordshire, South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse County Councils also support the program and host the EV charging stations.
The rollout of hundreds of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in community car parks in Oxfordshire has begun, including two in Banbury. (Getty Images)
Cllr Pete Sudbury, Oxfordshire County Council Cabinet Member for Climate Change and Environment, said: “Many city councils have had residents who don’t have off-street parking asking to charge their electric vehicles, and we in county know we need to accelerate different solutions to this problem. Parking and charging is an important part of Oxfordshire’s EV strategy, helping people move away from diesel and gasoline vehicles. “
The locations that are to benefit from parking and charging stations, each with 10 to 16 charging points for electric vehicles, are:
* Windsor Street and Calthorpe Street West car parks in Banbury
* Claremont Car Park, Bicester
* Curtis Place Parking Lot, Kidlington
* Woodford Way car park in Witney
* Black Bourton car park in Carterton
* Hensington Road Parking Lot, Woodstock
* Back Lane Car Park, Eynsham
* New Street Parking Lot, Chipping Norton
* Parking at Cattlemarket and Goldsmiths Lane in Wallingford
* Parking on Kings Road and Grays Road in Henley
* Southern Road Car Park, Thame
* Parking at West St Helens, Audlett Drive and Cattle Market in Abingdon
* Portway parking lot in Wantage
* Southampton Road car park in Faringdon.
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Cllr David Harvey, Cabinet Member for Climate Change, West Oxfordshire County Council, said: “With traffic emissions being the largest contributor to greenhouse gases and air pollution in the county, the move to electric vehicles is a hugely important step in achieving our local and national net-zero goals -Goals. The good news is that recent statistics suggest that one in six cars sold has a plug. We’re excited to partner with the Park and Charge project in Oxfordshire, which will install more EV charging stations across the county and here in West Oxfordshire, making it even easier for residents and businesses to switch to ultra-low-carbon vehicles. “
According to data modeling from the University of Oxford, one in five cars on the streets of Oxfordshire will be electric by 2030.
The £ 5.4million program is among the first of its kind in the UK and is funded by the Office for Zero Emissions Vehicles through Innovate UK and the government’s On-Street Residential Charging Scheme.
Secretary of Transportation Trudy Harrison said: “Providing accessible and reliable charging infrastructure is fundamental to our mission to achieve net zero. I am delighted that Oxfordshire County Council has received funding through our £ 20m scheme for On-Street Residential Chargepoints and I hope this will give the region a boost to become greener and give drivers the all-important switch on electric vehicles. “
