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A network of new charge points for electric vehicles is due to go live across North Dorset next month. A total of 44 chargers will be unveiled in Dorset Councilowned car parks, including those in Shaftesbury, Blandford, Gillingham and Sherborne. Work has already begun in providing power to the new sites, carried out by SSE and Western Power Distribution. The charge points will then be installed in mid-February by Joju Charging, which manages similar projects for councils across southern central England. The sites will be live by the end of February, in a move which will greatly extend existing coverage across North Dorset. Contentiously, motorists will be charged both for the car MERCEDES VITO parking and use 111cdi, 2004 (54), of the charge green, MoT until points. A twoOctober 21, 64,000 miles, full service hour charge will history. £2,000 ono. cost from £4 to 01935 471814 £13, depending 07724 720398 on the type of car being charged. The move comes as figures show a leap in EV car Mobile Caravan sales in 2020. Servicing & Repairs The total share of Please call the new-car market taken by or pure-electric cars was 6.6%, while plug-in hybrids Keeping you on the move... had a further 4.1% market INDEPENDENT LAND share. ROVER SPECIALISTS A number of Parts, repairs, electric models servicing, MOT preparation, 42 years’ made the list of top sellers in experience, December 2020, 01749 880817, nicholaspaxton.co.uk with the Tesla
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Model 3 the best-selling car in December, followed by the Volkswagen ID.3 in fourth place. The Dorset project is being paid for by Joju and funding partner Gronn Kontakt, a subsidiary of Statkraft, a Norwegian renewables firm. In return for providing the sites, Dorset Council will take a slice of the charging revenue for the next 15 years. It’s thought that the charge points will most likely be used by visitors who need a top-up and Dorset Council is now on the lookout for other sites which may include car parks owned by town councils, businesses or leisure interests. Chris Jardine, technical director at Joju Charging, said: “The Government has sent a clear signal with the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles from 2030 – the future of transport is electric. That means installing millions of EV chargers in homes, businesses and public places.” Urban areas with suitable power supplies are inevitably going to better served, with the costs of laying low voltage cables to outlying sites driving prices up by tens of thousands. The number of electric vehicle users in any given area is another factor, said Chad Warlow, account manager at JoJu Charging. He added: “At the moment our clients are installing to encourage the uptake of EVs in a given area.” There will have to be moves by Dorset Council to better supply the Blackmore Vale. At present, there is a charge point desert across a large swathe of The Vale and
