Four new electric vehicle charging points have been installed at an Arnold car park.
Gedling Borough Council have converted four parking spaces at the Civic Centre in Arnot Hill Park into spots where you can charge your electric car.
These charging spots are equipped with fast chargers that have two outlets, each delivering 7kW of power.
To use these charging points, you’ll need to register through the BP Pulse app, as they’re provided by BP Pulse. This move is part of the council’s promise to be net zero carbon by 2030.
These charging points are ready to go and open to anyone with an electric car.
Gedling Borough Council has already set up ten electric charging stations around the borough, and they plan to add more, including at Gedling Country Park, over the next year.
Earlier this year, the council announced that they’re switching their waste vehicle fleet from diesel to greener biofuel. This change has already cut CO2 emissions by a huge 90%, showing their commitment to going green.
Councillor Viv McCrossen, Portfolio Holder for Climate Change and Natural Habitat said: “This is part of our ongoing plan to become net zero by carbon by 2030. These charging points are a big step forward in trying to reduce CO2 emissions in the borough.
” By making charging stations easier to access, we hope more people will consider switching to electric cars and reduce the need for fossil fuels, which we know is an ongoing challenge.”
For more info on Gedling Borough Council’s efforts to cut emissions and where you can find electric charging stations, visit www.gedling.gov.uk/climate-change.
As an electric car owner myself I welcome(d) the headline…until it said 7kWh. Soooo… same as charging at home then only frighteningly more expensive.
Octopus off-peak charging
7p per kWh
These are 59p per kWh.
Bit of a hard sell. Meanwhile across the road at McDonalds there are 2 rapid chargers at 150+ kWh at 80p per kWh.
Yes fair point but are they REALLY needed so close to the river ?
This is such a huge farce!!!
I walk by here regularly and have only EVER seen that one black Renault Zoe car using the charging points in all the months since they’ve been put in. Such a waste of time and money. Just to serve ONE council employee it seems.
Surely not Robin, it must be more than one that’s using this facility, slightly fabricated comment me thinks