Question reference: S6W-00205
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 24 May 2021
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Current status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 10 June 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many electric charging points ChargePlace Scotland has installed in each year since 2012-13.
Answer
The shift to electric vehicles is an important part of responding to the climate emergency and improving air quality in our cities. To help incentivise this shift, the Scottish Government have invested over £45 million in Scotland’s own electric vehicle charging network, ChargePlace Scotland, which has steadily grown since 2012 with the highest number of installs being recorded in 2020 for both private and publicly owned charge points.
The ChargePlace Scotland network currently hosts 2080 electric vehicle charge points, which includes 335 charge points that are not available for public use but will support the blue light services, fleets and depot charging.
Year | Total | Public | Private |
2013 | 122 | 122 | 0 |
2014 | 129 | 129 | 0 |
2015 | 277 | 277 | 0 |
2016 | 107 | 107 | 0 |
2017 | 170 | 170 | 0 |
2018 | 118 | 118 | 0 |
2019 | 321 | 267 | 54 |
2020 | 556 | 371 | 185 |
2021 | 280 | 184 | 96 |
2080 | 1745 | 335 |