Scotland invests in charging infrastructure
The £7 million in funding will be invested across Aberdeen City Council, Aberdeenshire Council, The Highland Council, Moray Council and Dundee City Council to encourage greater private investment in the charging network. The funding will enable local authorities to work with the private sector to continue to grow Scotland’s public EV charging network.
“The scale of our ambition to decarbonise transport cannot be met alone and I expect that our commitment for approximately 24,000 additional public charge points by 2030 will largely be met by the private sector. This can only happen, however, if the conditions exist to support this investment – which is exactly what our Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund is working to achieve and with a particular focus in our rural and island communities,” said Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Transport Fiona Hyslop, adding: “We have over 5600 currently and we are well on target to have 6000 public EV charge points by 2026, through increasing private sector investment – with the private sector investing between £40 and £55 million in public EV charging in Scotland in 2024 alone.”
“Our members will invest over £6 billion in rolling out EV infrastructure before 2030 to provide affordable and convenient charging for all in every part of the UK,” added Vicky Read, CEO of ChargeUK. “Key to achieving that aim is effective partnership with the UK’s governments and local authorities.”
This is not the only recent investment in charging infrastructure in Scotland, as the Scotting National Investment Bank just invested 10 million pounds in charge point operator FOR EV in June to expand charging infrastructure across the nation. An initiative to install “street cabinet” charging stations was also launched earlier this year.
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