Old green street cabinets will be converted into electric vehicle (EV) charging points, according to BT Group.
The metal cabinets are traditionally used to store broadband and phone cabling, but many are coming towards the end of their lifespans.
The first converted cabinet will be installed in Scotland within weeks, under a pilot programme.
The first converted cabinet will be installed in Scotland within weeks, under a pilot programme.
The government’s ambition is to increase the number of charging points from more than 50,000 today to 300,000 by 2030 but Zapmap figures show nearly a third of all UK charging points are currently in London.
People have complained about the lack of charging ports in some areas and that some do not work or are unreliable.
This pilot project by BT will explore how this solution could be scaled up to address the lack of chargers on UK roads, something that motoring groups have said is holding back Britain’s electric car revolution.
Both cabinets that are still providing broadband to individual households and those that have been decommissioned are able to be used to support the new EV charging points.
Old green street cabinets will be converted into electric vehicle (EV) charging points, according to BT Group.
The first converted cabinet will be installed in Scotland within weeks, under a pilot programme.
The metal cabinets are traditionally used to store broadband and phone cabling, but many are coming towards the end of their lifespans.
The government’s ambition is to increase the number of charging points from more than 50,000 today to 300,000 by 2030 but Zapmap figures show nearly a third of all UK charging points are currently in London.
The first converted cabinet will be installed in Scotland within weeks, under a pilot programme.
The first converted cabinet will be installed in Scotland within weeks, under a pilot programme.
The government’s ambition is to increase the number of charging points from more than 50,000 today to 300,000 by 2030 but Zapmap figures show nearly a third of all UK charging points are currently in London.
People have complained about the lack of charging ports in some areas and that some do not work or are unreliable.
This pilot project by BT will explore how this solution could be scaled up to address the lack of chargers on UK roads, something that motoring groups have said is holding back Britain’s electric car revolution.
Both cabinets that are still providing broadband to individual households and those that have been decommissioned are able to be used to support the new EV charging points.
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