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New Public Charge Point Regulations are welcomed by the motoring industry
02 August 2023
The UK government has pushed new Public Charge Point Regulations 2023 which aim to improve the charging experience for electric vehicle drivers.
Most notably, the new regulations require rapid chargers to meet a 99 per cent reliability standard.
Other requirements include improved reliability, clear pricing, easier payment methods and open, real-time data and status information. All chargers over 8kW will be required to have contactless payments within the next year.
Charge point operators (CPOs) will also be required to have third party roaming deals within two years and implement 24/7 helplines for all charge points.
The new regulations have been warmly welcomed by the motoring industry.
Director of corporate affairs at the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA) Toby Poston wrote on LinkedIn, “Public charging anxiety and frustration is one of the top reasons drivers give for not going EV, so these new measures represent a massive step in addressing them.
“Well done to everyone involved - the huge range of passionate automotive, consumer and charge point stakeholders that helped highlight the issues and considerations and the very clever policymakers that turned all this input into a workable set of regulations.”
AA president Edmund King said, “A 99% reliability requirement and live charge point information will help show drivers in real-time the benefits of driving electric.”
RAC electric vehicles spokesman Simon Williams said, "This has the potential to reassure many more people that switching to an electric vehicle makes sense, which is vital the closer we get to 2030 when the sale of new petrol and diesel cars will end.
"Ensuring drivers only need to download and use a single app is a huge step forward from where we are today.
“We hope operators of rapid and ultra-rapid charging hubs will not just clearly display pence per kilowatt hour prices on chargers themselves but also on prominent digital signage similar to fuel price ‘totems’ which drivers are already very familiar with.
"We believe this is needed to make price comparisons easy for everyday EV drivers looking to charge up as cheaply as possible on a journey.”
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