Mayor of London cuts funds for electric car charging

Boris Johnson, has cut £13m from a scheme to install charging points for electric cars across London.

The mayor had pledged to raise £20m for the £60m scheme which would see 22,500 charging points across London, with 7,500 being installed by 2013. But following the government's Spending Review he has cut his monetary contribution to the project to £7m. The mayor's office said its commitment to make London the electric car capital of Europe was "as strong as ever". Today it was announced that a city-wide electric vehicle charging network, 'Source London', will launch in spring 2011.

Source London will consist of 1,300 public charging points across the capital by 2013. There will be an annual charge of £100 for participants, entitling them to use the public charging points. At present electric vehicle drivers have to register in each London borough to use its charging points.

Further information on Source London can be found here...

source: BVRLA