UK retail lobby group seeks incentives for electric vehicle chargers installation

The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS), a group that represents 49,918 retailers in the United Kingdom, calls for incentivizing fuel retailers’ investment in electric vehicle (EV) charging points.

Monetary incentives should be provided across the supply chain for ultra-low emission vehicle manufacturers, owners, and fuel retailers in order to meet the UK’s zero-emission target in 2050, recommended the ACS.

The group also reiterated its concerns about measures included in the Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill to force large fuel retailers to provide electric vehicle charging.

Mandating major retailers to install EV chargers is not the right approach, not to mention that the definition of ‘large fuel retailer’ itself is arbitrary, it said.

ACS recommended that EV chargers “should be in locations that match consumer demands, for example retail and leisure facility, car parks, and work places.”