Government initiatives, innovations, and legislation

As part of the plan to rollout EVs over the next five years, Barcelona City Council and the Government of Catalonia are to create a single public recharging network to provide an agile recharging experience, which is easy, practical and affordable.

EV charging station reliability in the US is improving, the size of stations growing in size, and average utilization rates have reached over 25% in several markets, according to a new report on the state of the industry from EV charging data analytics and insights provider Paren.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has announced US$30m is now available for consumers to lease or purchase new EVs in New York through the State’s Drive Clean Rebate program, which provides point-of-sale rebates for more than 60 new EVs.

Ultra-rapid EV charging hub operator Fastned and Transport for London's property company Places for London have secured planning permission for a new EV charging hub at TfL’s Hatton Cross station car park, following approval by the London Borough of Hillingdon.

Suffolk County Council, in partnership with charge point company Believ, will deliver around 6,000 new public EV charge points across the UK county to support residents make the transition to EVs.

Urban Fox, a partnership between Balfour Beatty Investments and Urban Electric Networks, has secured a contract with Newport City Council to install one of the first lamp post EV charging networks in Wales.

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has issued a memorandum to tenants in federal facilities under its jurisdiction, providing agencies with the criteria to be used to justify that any electric vehicle charging infrastructure is mission critical.

A new paper by the Social Market Foundation (SMF) identifies insufficient charging point buildup as a major barrier to tackling the societal issue of transport poverty.

The California Energy Commission (CEC) says the US state has reached 178,549 public and shared private EV chargers installed statewide compared to a CEC-estimated 120,000 gas nozzles.

Drivers across the UK's Midlands will benefit from more than 16,000 new EV chargers as the region has secured over £40m in government investment.