Maximum stays at Edinburgh electric vehicle chargers to be increased by council

Published date23 April 2024
AuthorDonald Turvill
Publication titleEdinburghLive (Scotland)
Maximum stay periods across all types of chargers will be extended after an annual review found some customers said current limits were "too short"

The council said the changes were also being implemented "in recognition of increases in vehicle battery sizes".

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If approved by councillors at the transport committee on Thursday, April 25, the maximum stay at 'rapid' EV chargers (50kW) will increase from one hour to 90 minutes from "early summer".

"Such an increase would better meet demand whilst still helping to achieve a turnover of vehicles and customers using rapid chargers," a report going to the committee said.

At 'fast' chargers (22kW) the limit will jump from three hours to eight hours. At park and ride sites, this will increase to 16 hours so that "people spending the day in the city for work or other purposes need not rush back to attend to their vehicle".

However while maximum stays at fast bays are currently only enforced from 8am to 8pm they "must now be applied 24/7" due to changes to the payment service provider used by Charge Place Scotland, which is used by all Scottish councils to host their chargers.

The stay limit at on-street 'standard' charge points (7kW) will remain 12 hours while also being lifted to 16 hours at park and rides.

The report said the Charge Place Scotland network "does not have the required functionality" to stop units from charging once a vehicle...

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