A great car made better by infrastructure
For me, with a dedicated private driveway, owning an EV has been a breeze. However, RCT borough is one of the worst places in the UK for public charging. As I write this there are no public rapid chargers in the borough, the only borough in Wales where this is the case, and slower destination charging is very thin on the ground.
We live in a borough with a higher proportion of properties with no off street parking, thanks to when the majority of our housing was built, so public charging is vital to getting more EV drivers.
There are lots of ways the Council can help, here are a few:
1) Insist on public charging points in ALL new commercial premises with car parks as part of the planning process, or any existing commercial premises looking to expand, e.g. supermarket returns. This costs the Council nothing.
2) Put charging points in facilities owned by the Council such as Park and Ride facilities, offices and leisure centres but put them away from the entrance so they are not blocked by by drivers looking for convenient parking. Providers like Instavolt and Osprey will pay the costs if they are given appropriate sites, so again this has the potential to cost the Council nothing.
3) Work with companies such as Connected Kerb to add in slower charging solutions in residential streets which can be used overnight. They also provide fast internet as part of the install, so it benefits residents in more ways than one.