New electric car charging points in Tewkesbury
Tewkesbury Borough Council is hoping to reduce road emissions by installing electric car charging points at its council offices in Tewkesbury. The charging points, provided by BP Chargemaster, are available for members of the public to use and are in the rear car park of the council’s offices in Gloucester Road. There are two charging towers but they can charge two cars at a time, so there are four in total.
The authority installed a 90kwh solar panel system on the roof of its offices in 2016 to help provide power to the building. This renewable power will also now assist with delivering energy to the car charging points.
The installation follows a successful pilot by the council to introduce a pool of hybrid cars for business use. The fleet includes hybrid vehicles and now a fully electric vehicle.
The pilot was introduced to reduce travel costs and emissions, remove unnecessary journeys and combine trips to save time, money and the environment. It was a great success and has now become ‘business as usual’ for staff who previously used their own vehicles for business use.
Enterprise Car Club, the council’s supplier of pool cars, was asked to provide a small fleet of vehicles to help the council streamline its business travel and reduce its carbon emissions.
Source: https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/cheltenham-news/latest-new-electric-car-charging-3797401