South West's first public electric car charging points

New electric car charge point for The Mall at Bristol

The Mall at Cribbs Causeway, near Bristol, has installed the South West's first public electric car charging points.

The two bays with charging points were installed in the centre's underground K car park and available for use from lunchtime on Saturday, 10 March.

There are other charging points around the country is London, West Sussex and Scotland.

The launch of the points is being supported by the Bristol branch of the Battery Vehicle Society.

"Electric vehicles are a breeze to own and maintain," says Nikki Bloomfield from the Battery Vehicle Society.

"It costs me 1.5 pence per mile to drive mine and I never have to queue for petrol. If everyone with two cars or who never drove more than 40 miles to work used an EV for the school run or local commuting, then Bristol would halve its carbon footprint overnight and save motorists hundreds of pounds in maintenance and fuel costs."

The society is in talks to add further charging points around Bristol.

news source : BBC
website: Battery Vehicle Society