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<p>In 2016 we announced an improved offer making available £4.5m to 2020 to Local
Authorities wishing to install recharging infrastructure in residential areas for
drivers of electric cars that lack offstreet parking through our On-street Residential
Chargepoint Scheme. 28 Local Authorities have applied to the scheme to date including
Coventry City Council who have been awarded £300,000 to install 90 chargepoints. Additionally,
as part of OLEV’s £20m Taxi Infrastructure Competition, Coventry, Wolverhampton and
Birmingham were between them awarded over £4.5m in 2017 to help deliver charging infrastructure
dedicated to ultra-low emission taxis. The Midlands was one of the eight ‘Plugged-in
Places’ projects and received over £2.5m from the Office for Low Emission Vehicles.
Between December 2010 and 2013, the project helped develop a regional network of more
than 850 electric vehicle Charging Points across both the East and West Midlands.
The total funding amount awarded across the East and West Midlands for these schemes
is £7.3 million.</p>
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