Electrical sector calls for safer public EV charge points

Leading electrotechnical and engineering services trade body ECA supports the Government’s desire to increase the number of public EV Charge Points (EVCP). Its current approach, however, poses serious concerns about electrical safety in the public domain.
A Freedom of Information request by ECA in 2022 found that two thirds (66 per cent) of local authorities either did not have any strategy for EVCP installation or if they did, it failed to mention safety.
ECA Head of Public Affairs Jane D