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<p>Government funding and leadership, alongside private sector investment, has supported
the installation of more than 20,000 public chargepoints. This includes over 2,000
rapid chargepoints – one of the largest networks in Europe. Our grant schemes and
our £400m public-private Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund will see thousands
more electric vehicle chargepoints installed across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The majority
of public chargepoints are funded privately and Government does not keep a record
of their numbers. Through the On-street Residential chargepoint Scheme (ORCS), the
Government has provided grant funding for 90 chargepoints in the Coventry area in
the West Midlands, with 78 installed so far. Birmingham has not yet applied for any
ORCS funding. The ORCS remains open for applications from Local Authorities with funding
doubled for this financial year.</p><p> </p><p>Zap-Map (<a href="https://www.zap-map.com/"
target="_blank">https://www.zap-map.com/</a>) can show where all public chargepoints
in the West Midlands and Birmingham area are, as well as across the whole of the UK.
As of 18 July 2019, Zap-Map data reported the number of publicly accessible charge
points in the West Midlands as 764 and in Birmingham as 89.</p>
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