The 9th of September marked the first ever World EV Day… recent surveys suggested that 83% of commercial vehicle customers would consider Electric Vehicles as their next business vehicle. A larger proportion of the 83% however, acknowledged that they didn’t know too much about EV cars or vans. World EV Day has been set up to help raise awareness of the benefits of EVs and to provide more detailed information for prospective customers. 

The Department of Transport also announced an extra £12m funding towards the research and development of EV technology and also towards more charging points at public carparks, supermarkets and tourist attractions etc. 

EV drivers will want to be able to charge their cars at home too of course. Rolec, one of the UK’s largest manufacturers of EV charging points, has launched the O-PEN:EV Consumer Unit. The unit has been designed to provide a very safe and compliant installation, benefits for the electrical installer include: no electrode/earth rod required, simple home EV charge point installation and is suitable for single phase.