Daily EV news · UK · 19 April 2026
EV Charging
Stoke-on-Trent secures £3m to expand public EV charging from 115 to over 800 sites by 2030
Stoke-on-Trent City Council has published an Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy backed by £3m in funding to install hundreds of new public charging points. The city currently has 115 public chargers and 2,600 registered EVs, but expects 25 per cent of all cars to be electric by 2030, requiring expansion to over 800 sites within five years. The funding includes £2.4m from the Office of Zero Emission Vehicles' Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) programme for residential areas with limited off-street parking, plus £480,000 for cross pavement charging solutions such as cable gullies.
Why it matters
The sevenfold expansion target and LEVI funding allocation signal a major procurement opportunity for charge point operators and installers in the West Midlands, particularly for on-street and residential solutions. The strategy's focus on cable gullies and areas without off-street parking highlights demand for specialist pavement infrastructure alongside standard charge point deployment.