THE Government is giving home-charging a massive jolt with a £25m package to support the take up of EVs through easier home charging.
The support, which will be channelled through local government initiatives, will provide sub-pavement channels for homes without a driveway.
Home chargers are connected to 
roadside parked cars via channels that run safely below the pavement. It will save consumers some £1,500 a year compared with a conventional combustion engined car.
The fund will help boost the UK’s growing charging network which has reached a record 82,000 public chargepoints, with a further 100,000 expected to be installed as a result of the government’s Local EV Infrastructure Fund and £6 billion of private investment committed to 2030.
In addition, the public sector is also getting electric transition help with an £8m fund to power the electrification of ambulances and medical fleets across over 200 NHS sites. The government says that the cost savings, which run into the millions, can be reinvested in patient care.
"We are making it easier and cheaper to own an electric vehicle. We know access to charging is a barrier for people thinking of making the switch, so we are tackling that head on so that everyone - whether or not they have a driveway - can access the benefits of going electric."
Alongside the boosts for electric car drivers, the government is also launching a major new grant scheme to help businesses install charging points at depots nationwide, supporting the nation’s heavy goods vehicles, vans and coach drivers in the transition to zero emissions.
These support packages form part of a £63 million Government bundle to support at-home charging for households without driveways, transition NHS fleets to save millions for the health service in England, and create thousands of chargepoints at business depots across the UK
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