New homes will soon need to have EV charging points by law From next year, the prime minister has announced homes and buildings in England will be required by law to install electric vehicle charging points. The government said the move will see up to 145,000 charging points installed across the country each year.
It will be the young people of today, who can see the consequences of climate change and will be demanding better from us." But Labour said the announcement does not address the "appalling" geographical divide in available charging points.
New-build supermarkets, workplaces and buildings undergoing major renovations will also come under the new law.
"London and the South East have more public car charging points than the rest of England and Wales combined. Yet there is nothing here to help address this.
The move comes as England aims to switch to electric cars, with new petrol and diesel cars sales banned from 2030.
"Nor is there help so lower and middle income families can afford electric vehicles or the investment required to build the gigafactories we need," Labour said.
Announcing the new laws at the Confederation of British Industry's conference on Monday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the United Kingdom was going to "radically" change it\s cars, trucks, buses and other modes of transport. "The force driving that change won't be government, it won't even be business...it will be the consumer.
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The government said the new laws will "make it as easy as refuelling a petrol or diesel car today". It said "simpler ways to pay" to charge vehicles through contactless payments would also be introduced at "all new fast and rapid charge points".
