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<p>The Government has supported charging infrastructure in the South East over a number
of years. This includes £1.3m of public charging infrastructure in South East England
through the National Infrastructure Grant Schemes, almost £10m for two Go Ultra Low
Cities schemes in Milton Keynes and Oxford and almost £1m for rapid charging for taxis
in Oxford, Slough and Cambridge.</p><p> </p><p>The Government now has in place a variety
of UK-wide grant funding schemes to assist with the cost of installing chargepoints
in motorists homes, on residential streets, at workplaces and across the wider public
estate. In addition, the Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund (£200m new Government
investment, to be matched by private investors), announced at Budget last year, will
accelerate the roll-out of charging infrastructure by providing access to finance
to companies that deliver chargepoints.</p><p> </p><p>The Automated and Electric Vehicles
Bill gives the Government new powers to improve the provision of electric vehicle
infrastructure, including powers to regulate technical standards of infrastructure
to ensure easy compatibility with vehicles, to ensure provision of data on chargepoint
locations and their availability, and to require provision of infrastructure at motorway
service areas and large fuel retailers. Government’s wider role in the decarbonisation
of road transport will be set out in the forthcoming Road to Zero strategy.</p><p><strong>
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