West Berkshire Council has appointed charge point operator Ubitricity to supply, install and manage up to 250 electric vehicle (EV) charge points expanding its existing charging infrastructure network. The deployment is part of a four-year contract between the council and Ubitricity, a wholly owned subsidiary of Shell, covering charge points in a range of on street and residential locations.
The scheme aims to improve the availability of local EV charging infrastructure for residents without private off-street parking with charging at 5kW. The bollard charge points, which draw power from existing streetlamp points, can be installed in 3 hours.
Ubitricity said it had recently installed its 7,000th UK charge point.

Cllr Adrian Abbs, Executive Member for Climate Action, Recycling and Biodiversity at West Berkshire Council said: “With the increase of private EV ownership, especially with second and third hand EVs becoming prevalent, it’s important that we work to ensure residents without private charging points can still have access to chargers. It is also essential that we work towards the right network of public chargers across West Berkshire and so remove range anxiety for all types of EV owners.”