Electrical vehicle chargers could soon be coming to a road near you.

Cumbria County Council, Electricity North West and public and private partners across the county are preparing for the estimated 1.2million electric vehicles that will be on the road by the end of the next decade

Supported by EV charging infrastructure specialists, the partnership formed in Autumn 2020 and has since been mapping potential locations for the installation of EV charge points across the county.

Hard-to-reach places are a particular focus, along with locations near households with little or no access to off-street parking.

The work completed by the partnership will be used to support ambitious bids to the UK Government’s On-street Residential ChargePoint Scheme (ORCS) and the new Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) pilot, to fund the rollout of public EV charging infrastructure across Cumbria.

The private sector also has an important role to play in the provision of EV charging infrastructure and the partnership is keen to support businesses across the county, of any shape and size, who are planning to install their own EV charge points.