BEIS Committee holds evidence session on development of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles

The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee is holding a session examining issues relating to charging infrastructure as part of its inquiry into the development of the market for electric vehicles.

Witnesses include representatives from a local authority and a charging infrastructure supplier as well as the UK Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Association. The Committee will also be examining the experience of the development of infrastructure in Scotland with the Energy Saving Trust.

Questioning is likely to focus on the major challenges faced by those developing electric vehicle charging infrastructure as well as the funding of and financial support for new chargepoints. MPs could also ask about planning regulations and issues relating to both home and on-street charging solutions.

The panel may also be asked about the Government’s £400 million Charging Investment Infrastructure Fund after it was revealed that the process of raising half the money from the private sector has not yet begun.

The Committee’s inquiry is exploring the role of electric vehicles in the transition to a low carbon economy. It is investigating the actions needed to support the development of the electric vehicle market, the challenges that electric vehicles represent for the electricity grid, and industrial opportunities for the automotive sector.

Witness schedule:

Tuesday 8 May, Committee Room 6, Palace of Westminster

At 10am

• Robert Evans, Chair, UK Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Association
• Rasita Chudasama, Principal Transport Planner, Nottingham City Council
• David Martell, CEO, Chargemaster
• Matthew Eastwood, Head of Transport, Scotland, Energy Saving Trust

The session will be broadcast live on Parliament TV.

ENDS

Editor’s notes:

The session is the fourth in the inquiry Electric vehicles: developing the market and infrastructure. Transcripts of the previous session are available on the Committee’s website here.

BEIS Committee

Media inquiries: Gary Calder calderg@parliament.uk /020 7219 7556  or Oliver Florence florenceo@parliament.uk / 07720 202 985

Committee Membership: Rachel Reeves MP (Chair) (Lab, Leeds West) Vernon Coaker MP (Lab, Gedling) Drew Hendry MP (SNP, Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey) Stephen Kerr MP (Con, Stirling) Peter Kyle MP (Lab, Hove) Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger MP (Con, Bridgwater and West Somerset) Rachel Maclean MP (Con, Redditch) Albert Owen MP (Lab, Ynys Môn), Mark Pawsey MP (Con, Rugby) Antoinette Sandbach MP (Con, Eddisbury) Anna Turley MP (Lab, Redcar).