Improving Kent's electric vehicle infrastructure

We're working with Kent's district and parish councils and private sector partners to:

• improve the electric charging network across the county
• drive the adoption of electric vehicles by residents, businesses and public transport providers.

The Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund (LEVI)

We are working on a LEVI project to install on-street chargers across the county. This project aims to install chargers primarily in locations where residents don’t have access to private parking or their own driveway.

More information about the LEVI project can be found on the Let's Talk Kent website, as well as on our news page.

We are currently identifying potential locations for on street charging points and welcome your thoughts, especially if you own an EV or are thinking about making the switch. The interactive map can be found on the Let's Talk Kent website.

Some district councils place public EV chargers on-street using their own powers. We are looking at the options of a wider roll out of public EV chargers designed for those without access to off-street parking.

Installing more chargers around Kent

Working with district councils

We're leading a project with Connected Kerb and 7 district councils. Our goal is to place over 600 public chargers points around Kent.

We are focused on off-street charging hubs, with chargers grouped together in car parks, making them easy for people to find.

Updates on our charging rollout from Connected Kerb.

Working with parish councils

To install chargers in smaller communities we are working with:

• parish councils
• town councils
• village halls
• community hubs.

We have installed chargers at 25 locations to date and are in the process of adding another 8 across the county.

Supporting public transport

Effective public transport contributes to our climate goals by removing cars from the road. But to go further, we're working with partners to lead the shift away from fossil fuels, and toward cleaner vehicles.

For taxis and private-hire vehicles, we are installing 24 rapid charger sockets. They are spread across 6 districts.

We're also working with bus service providers to increase the number of electric buses on the road. Our projects have seen trials for an:

• 'opportunity charged' electric bus in Greenhithe, Bluewater and Dartford
• overnight-charged electric bus trial servicing Canterbury Park and Ride and some Maidstone routes
• award winning electric minibus pilot in our Kent Karrier service.