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1 May 2025

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Electric vehicles

Overview

We're encouraging the use of electric vehicles to help tackle our climate emergency. Find out how we plan to increase public charging infrastructure; suggest a location for a new chargepoint; access grants supporting homeowners and businesses with chargepoint installations.

Government's Net Zero Strategy and our climate commitment

As part of the government's Net Zero Strategy: Build Back Greener (gov.uk) (opens new window) the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles will end by 2035, helping drive the decarbonisation of transport.

In line with this goal, and our declaration of a climate emergency as a council, we are focused on encouraging the use of electric vehicles in Wiltshire to help reduce the county's emissions. We will do this by improving the charging infrastructure to support our residents, businesses and visitors who drive electric vehicles.

Electric vehicle basics

Find out more

Charging Ahead: the UK electric vehicle infrastructure strategy (gov.uk) (opens new window) - timescale and focus of activities to enable zero emission vehicle take up.

Zero emission vehicle mandate (gov.uk) (opens new window) - timescales for ceasing the sale of petrol and diesel vehicles.

Electric vs petrol car comparison and costs (britishgas.co.uk) (opens new window) - comparing EVs and ICE vehicles before you buy.

Declaration of a climate emergency as a council - what we are doing to tackle the problem of climate change.

Contact us

Contact the Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (EVI) team at the council: EVITeam@wiltshire.gov.uk (opens new window).

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