[ Focus: EV infrastructure ]


An electric car seen being re-charged by an ABB Terra fast charging station


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Greatly increased electric vehicle use will be an essential tool in meeting challenging future carbon dioxide emissions reduction targets but, as more of them fi nd their way onto UK roads, it is crucial that charging infrastructures will be able to cope. Electrical contractors should know how to install them – and how to benefi t from the increasingly large business benefi ts. Voltimum UK managing editor JAMES HUNT reports


o reduce carbon emissions from road vehicles, the EC has set carbon dioxide (CO2


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) limits that will be almost impossible


for carmakers to achieve without selling large numbers of electric vehicles (EVs). In


addition, the UK must meet its diffi cult legally binding 2020 carbon reduction targets. A key advantage of EVs is that they could signifi cantly decarbonise road transport. There are only a few thousand EVs on UK


roads at the moment, but this emerging market is at a critical phase, as mass commercialisation is becoming achievable. The potential therefore exists for the numbers to increase soon and quite rapidly. It is crucial, though, that the all-important charging infrastructures are developed and installed to meet the challenge of keeping the vehicles going reliably, safely, at low cost and at the convenience of drivers.


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