- Pictured above addressing the BVRLA’s House of Commons reception is Arval MD Lakshmi Moorthy
THE BVRLA held its annual Parliamentary reception on Tuesday 09 September and used it to call for collaboration between industry and government to infill EV charging dead spots with destination charging.
Reaching out as part of the BVRLA’s Bon VoyCharge campaign, the campaign wants to improve charging solutions across the UK’s tourism and leisure sectors, where it says EV drivers are currently underserved.
Having launched the campaign earlier in the year, the next phase in the House of Commons came with asks for the government built around three key priorities, as outlined below.
What the BVRLA wants as part of its Bon VoyCharge campaign
1 Strategic Vision: Destination charging needs careful consideration. Specifically, industry needs government to bring stakeholders together to help plug infrastructure gaps. The most pressing of these gaps is airports. A national airport electrification strategy is required, with input from airports, rental operators and the charging sector.
2 Targeted Grants: To strengthen the commercial case for installing infrastructure and enhance the network. This should extend to support for small accommodation providers and those requiring grid upgrades.
3 Tactical Tax Relief: Put incentives in the right places to encourage the deployment and usage of destination charging locations. Business rate relief to those installing chargepoints will improve availability, while an EV rental voucher scheme would ensure utilisation.
Speaking in the House of Commons, Lakshmi Moorthy, BVRLA Chairperson and MD of Arval UK, said:
“New EV registrations continue to increase but the transition only succeeds when all users have a solution that works for them, and this includes ensuring that consumers can charge confidently where and when they find it convenient to do so. Destination charging makes electric vehicles a viable option for more drivers, including the millions of inbound tourists each year that rely on the rental network.
“There are great examples in place at hotels and leisure locations up and down the county. Now we need government and industry to work together to see that success replicated in more destinations.”
The Westminster event marked the second parliamentary engagement for the Bon VoyCharge campaign in September, following a roundtable in Holyrood, Edinburgh. There, the Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Fiona Hyslop, met with senior representatives from the rental sector, alongside Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) from multiple political parties.
The BVRLA said the session was productive and explored the importance of destination charging to provide affordable, reliable and accessible infrastructure, as well as the roles of local authorities and the charging sector in rolling out a successful network.
In addition to further MP meetings at key destinations in their constituencies, the BVRLA says it will also have an active presence as part of the political Party Conferences for Labour, Conservative and the Liberal Democrats later this month. There, the three key priorities will be presented to decision makers and sector representatives.
The Bon VoyCharge campaign is a collaboration between the BVRLA, Autotrader, Charge UK, EVA England, UK Hospitality, UK Inbound, and Zapmap, supported by rental companies Arnold Clark, Drivalia, Europcar, and Hertz.
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Ralph Morton is the leading journalist in the leasing broker sector and editor of Broker News, the website which provides information and news for BVRLA-registered leasing brokers. He also writes extensively on the fleet and leasing market in both the UK and Europe.
