Roll Out Of Eco Car Plan Across Chiswick

Hounslow Council plan to introduce more residential charging points

Hounslow Council is installing more residential electric charging points for owners of electric cars in Chiswick.

Over 1,000 new residential charging points are being introduced across London and usually they have been put in lamp posts but the Council now plans to bring them to the car owners homes.

Residential charging points are designed to charge electric vehicles at between 3-7 kilowatts per hour, ideal for an overnight charge.

The move is designed to encourage people to switch to electric cars, as part of the big public push against high levels of air pollution.

Hounslow was one of the first boroughs to trial electric chargers in lampposts in 2016. Three electric vehicle charging points and parking bays were trialled in two streets of Grove Park, Spencer Road, outside the Station House pub and in Staveley Gardens. as part of Source London, - the public network of EV charging points in the city. Other sites in the borough included two in Brentford and Isleworth and one in Hounslow.

Hounslow council has acquired funding through grant opportunities from TfL and The Mayor of London, which it has match funded to cover the cost of installation.

Councillor Katherine Dunne, Cabinet Member for Communities and Workforce at Hounslow Council said:
“There were residents who either had electric vehicles or wanted them but faced the barrier of having nowhere secure to charge them.

“Although the initial cost of purchasing electric vehicles remains a barrier for many, the cost of running them is low once they manage to buy them. We want to assist anyone who wants to switch to an electric vehicle and having access to a charge point is an essential starting point. Over time, we see electric vehicles as playing an important role in improving air quality, boosting public health and making Hounslow a cleaner and greener borough.”

If you do not have a driveway and would like to request an electric vehicle charging point, please contact Hounslow Council who will consider your request.

Some residents might have difficulty accessing a charging point e.g. flats and houses with no off street parking, therefore lamp based points would be obviating the need to have cables crossing the public pavement.

In Hounslow, the entire borough is a declared Air Quality Management Area (AQMA) and is legally required under the Environment Act 1995 to prepare and implement measures to address this issue. One such measure is to encourage the uptake of ultra-low emission vehicles and installation of the charging infrastructure required, which is supported by policies at national, London, and borough-level..

July 21, 2016