Ubitricity has installed the 1,000th public EV charge point in the London Borough of Waltham Forest.
Of the charge points in Waltham Forest, 518 have now been installed by Ubitricity, with others from Believ and BP Pulse.
This has been achieved via a mix of Go Ultra Low City Scheme (GULCS) funding and direct award contracts to deploy lamp post-based charge points in existing street furniture.
Waltham Forest Council has set targets for EV charging provision in controlled parking zones across the Borough, and aims to offer at least two residential EV sockets per controlled parking zone.
It also wants to ensure that 80% of households are within a 250-metre walk of a public, fast charging EV socket.
In addition, it is looking to provide every town centre in the borough with a public rapid charging point and at least two rapid charging hubs.
Cllr Lucy Woakes, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Climate and Air Quality at Waltham Forest Council, said, “Enabling people to make the switch to an electric vehicle is a major part of helping to clean up our air and is good for the environment locally and nationally – reducing carbon emissions and improving air quality is in everyone’s interests.”
Stuart Wilson, Market Unit Lead UK at Ubitricity, said, “We are proud of what we’ve achieved with Waltham Forest, but this achievement is just the beginning.
“We plan to have rolled out over 1200 charging sockets across the borough by the end of 2025, not only making it easier for residents to charge their electric vehicles but also improving air quality- a win for everyone.”
