Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru / National Assembly for Wales

Pwyllgor yr Economi, Seilwaith a Sgiliau/ Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee

Gwefru cerbydau trydan yng Nghymru/ Electric vehicle charging in Wales

Ymateb gan Neil Lewis, Ynni Sir Gar / Evidence from Carmarthenshire Energy

Carmarthenshire Energy Ltd.

EV Consultation.

IMMEDIATE NEEDS

• Pairs of rapid chargers + 1 Fast charger at 40 mile intervals on trunk routes/major A-roads.

• Allow full, stress-free access East-West and North-South.

• Pairs of Fast-chargers at every town car park.

• Fast chargers at destinations-Beaches, Castles etc (Not just Tesla)

• Must be income generators. Contactless card payments.

• Fully policed to prevent ICEing and EVs just parking.

LONGER TERM

· Plug-ins account for 5% of sales. Diesel dive-Bombing!

· A million EVs in the UK by 2020!

· Lamppost chargers standard in urban landscape.

· Pairs of Fast chargers are now banks of 20-40+

· Rapids proliferate on a commercial basis.

· Role of Public bodies diminished.

· Wales to embrace the revolution in decarbonised transport!