The Council earlier this year received
a grant of £1.86m from the Office of Low Emission Vehicles to provide more
charging points for electric vehicles across Dundee. The funding will be used
to create charging points at eight locations including three charging hubs at Princess
Street, St Anne Lane car park and Queen Street car park in Broughty Ferry.
The City Development Department
is in the process of finalising the plans for each site but the current
proposal for Queen Street car park is to
utilise the slightly separate area at the west end of the site for electric
vehicle charging. An additional 2 rapid chargers will
be installed, which will charge vehicles in approximately 20-30 minutes, and four
fast chargers, which will charge a vehicle in approximately 1-4 hours (depending
on make and model). The existing rapid charger in the car park will be moved to
be in the same area.
I understand the current chargers
at Queen Street car park are being well utilised and it is hoped that the
additional charging infrastructure will facilitate more residents, visitors and
businesses in the area to switch to electric vehicles.
Dundee leads the way in its
use and encouragement of low and zero emission vehicles. Dundee City Council
currently operates 66 pure electric vehicles from six different manufacturers
meaning around 25% of the council’s car and small van fleet is electric. In
addition it also uses two hybrid vehicles.The council owns 58 charging
points at eight publicly available charging locations, including Scotland’s
first rapid charger. In 2016/17 the council estimates
that this will reduce carbon dioxide by 122 tonnes each year.
