{"id":5025032,"date":"2019-07-30T14:00:17","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T13:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyassociation.co.uk\/?p=5025032"},"modified":"2023-10-10T16:28:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T15:28:28","slug":"electric-car-chargepoints-to-become-mandatory-for-new-build-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/2019\/07\/30\/electric-car-chargepoints-to-become-mandatory-for-new-build-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric car chargepoints to become mandatory for new-build homes"},"content":{"rendered":"

England is preparing to be the first country to equip all new-build homes with electric car chargepoints, supporting low-emission drivers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This month, in a public consultation on changing building regulations in England, the government has announced its intention to make electric car points compulsory for all new-build homes.<\/p>\n

The legislation would be a world first. In its efforts for England to become the global leader in the race to net zero emissions<\/a>, the government intends to promote the uptake of electric vehicles throughout the UK.<\/p>\n

It is one of several proposals as part of the \u00a31.5 billion Road to Zero Strategy<\/em> by the government, to elevate the country\u2019s electric vehicle infrastructure network to one of the best worldwide.<\/p>\n

So far, through grant support schemes, the government has enabled around 100,000 new household chargepoints. Currently, the government gives up to \u00a3500 off the installation costs to install a chargepoint at home.<\/p>\n

Smart technology can reduce costs<\/h4>\n

Providing dedicated charging points for all new homes<\/a> with parking spaces would make charging more convenient and cheaper for drivers.<\/p>\n

The advances of \u2018smart<\/a>\u2019 technology provide the opportunity to improve overall efficiency of chargepoints. The government is backing the drive to install new rapid and super powered chargepoints which accept payment via a credit or debit card by spring 2020.<\/p>\n

The consultation proposes using powers under the Automated and Electric Vehicles Act to require most new chargepoints to have smart functionality and meet minimum standards. This would promote off-peak charging and reduce consumer costs because an electric vehicle would charge at different times of the day in response to signals, such as electricity tariff information.<\/p>\n

Former Transport Secretary Chris Grayling said: \u201cWith record levels of ultra-low emission vehicles on our roads, it is clear there is an appetite for cleaner, greener transport.<\/p>\n

“Home charging provides the most convenient and low-cost option for consumers \u2013 you can simply plug your car in to charge overnight as you would a mobile phone.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

England is preparing to be the first country to equip all new-build homes with electric car chargepoints, supporting low-emission drivers. This month, in a public consultation on changing building regulations in England, the government has announced its intention to make electric car points compulsory for all new-build homes. The legislation would be a world first.… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":5025037,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,6],"tags":[360,44],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5025032"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5025032"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5025032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6097702,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5025032\/revisions\/6097702"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5025037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5025032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5025032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5025032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}