The roll out of electric vehicles depends on the availability of a national charging infrastructure. The UK’s national charging infrastructure has been developed through the Plugged-In Midlands network – which is one of eight ‘Plugged-In Place’ project supported by Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV). Plugged-In Midlands helped develop a regional network of more than 850 electric vehicle charge points across both the East and West Midlands – located across local council and private business premises, with many publicly accessible.

This project created a network of more than 850 charge points across the East and West Midlands. This then expanded to a second phase in the project lifecycle by commencing the transition of the network to a specialist network operator that expands the scope of the network, unify networks for national coverage, and invested in new services and an improved customer experience.