In a press release this morning the United Kingdom Government’s Department for Transport announced that:
Charging electric vehicles is set to get even easier thanks to hundreds of millions of funding made available for local authorities, homeowners and renters today.
The government continues to deliver its £381 million Local Electric Vehicle (LEVI) fund to councils, which can choose where is best to install chargepoints in their local area. Following the approval of the first five local authority applications in February, payments to 44 additional councils from Torbay to Tees Valley, worth over £185 million, have now been approved to help residents charge their vehicles.
The funding will support the delivery of thousands of chargepoints across England, helping more drivers get from A to B easily and supporting families in making the switch. Additionally, the local authorities that have already been allocated to the second round of LEVI funding will be able to apply to the fund from 2 April 2024, following those who have received funding in the first round and in a further boost to the chargepoint rollout.
In Devon and Cornwall the funding allocation is:
| Cornwall & Scilly | £5,509,000 |
| Devon | £7,067,000 |
| Plymouth | £2,415,000 |
| Torbay | £958,000 |
In a press release of their own today, Devon County Council add further details:
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