[Matt Beard]

Very strange distribution again. Scotland: 25 rapids, Milton Keynes: 50 rapids!

I expect pretty much all the new ones to be triple-headed.

 

[Matt Beard]

Is this not in addition to the one being funded by Transport Scotland?
I do hope they are not all PAYG? That is a bug-bear for ever doing long trips in Scotland?
My local authority say that there is a condition that their OLEV chargers must remain free for the 1st 3 years! Brilliant!

No, those 25 rapid chargers are listed as "Transport Scotland" in the full document.

 

[Matt Beard]

Have you got the full document?

I don't know if it's the "full" document, but I have seen the one that gives a detailed breakdown of allocation.

 

[Matt Beard]

Scotland is not being left behind. At Action 25 of their strategy there is a commitment to have at least one Rapid Charger, at less than 50 miles, on every major road.
Even more strategically, they plan that, by 2040, nearly every new vehicles being sold will have zero emissions (at the tailpipe)! By 2050 all road transport will be carbonised!
What is amazing is these targets are for ALL types of vehicle!
In the country with such great potential for renewal energy - this will be great for the Scottisn Environment and the Scottish Economy - minimal importation of fossil fuels!

The really sad thing is that these are targets with very little to back them up. As an example the current "target" is for rapid chargers spaced no further apart than 35 miles on all trunk routes. However, the way they have to do this is by Transport Scotland picking a desired location, then offering a grant to the local council to install a charger at roughly that spot. As it happens, a sizeable proportion of the councils are not interested (so there are huge gaps meaning whole areas are cut off) and even those interested don't always place them where asked. Dundee were asked to put a rapid charger on the A90, but they put it in a barrier-controlled pay-to-exit car park about as far as it is possible to get from the A90 but still be in Dundee. Also, Moray were asked to put a rapid charger in Kieth; they took the money and installed it in Elgin (18 miles from the requested location)