With a total of 37,055 charge points in the UK, only 366 or 1% are located in Northern Ireland
Urgent support and investment is needed for Northern Ireland's "dire" existing electric vehicle charging network, a group representing franchised car and commercial vehicle retailers has said.
According to the NFDA, for Northern Ireland to have a proportional share of public charge points, then NI would need to build approximately 8,000 chargers by 2030, at a rate of over 1000 charge points annually. “It is now of growing concern that not enough investment is being made to address the lack of working charge points, which is continuing to hinder the mass adoption of electric cars in this space.
In comparison, the LEVI fund announced £381 million to local authorities across England and the Republic of Ireland launched a new strategy which will see €100 million spent on charging infrastructure over the next three years. “To combat this, NFDA is calling for cross-party support on this important issue to ensure that developing the charging network is the key priority for the Transport Sector in NI and to put an end to the inertia that is all too common in Northern Ireland’s Public EV Charging projects.”
“Following the receipt of funding from the Levelling Up Fund to expand and enhance its EV charging ESB announced that it will be replacing all existing Fast and Rapid EV chargers, doubling the existing number of ESB Rapid chargers and the delivery of five high power charging hubs in strategic locations. This work is due for completion by the end of 2024.”
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