Question reference: S6W-10324
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 16 August 2022
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Current status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 13 September 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many electric vehicle (EV) public charging points will be available in Scotland by the end of (a) 2022, (b) 2023, (c) 2024 and (d) 2025.
Answer
The Scottish Government has invested over £50m in the ChargePlace Scotland Network that now has over 2,300 publicly available electric vehicle chargepoints, alongside supporting homes and businesses to install almost 20,000 chargepoints. A range of factors will influence chargepoint numbers for the years in question – and this will be determined by both public and private investment.
Our focus is on making sure that the public charging network builds on the benefits of ChargePlace Scotland, which includes maintaining comprehensive coverage across all parts of Scotland. To that end, our recently announced £60m EV Infrastructure Fund will at least double the size of the public charging network over the next four years. This is over and above the commercial investment in chargepoints now taking place across Scotland.