Thinking about Electric Vehicles?

Business, retailers and employers could all benefit from having EV charging points available at their sites. Whether it is for EV owners who want to charge while doing the weekly shop or employees who want to charge whilst at work, destination charging is becoming increasingly common. If you are thinking about retrofitting, you'll need to appoint a reputable installer who will assess your existing electrical demand and calculate how much power the chargers require. If it is more than your existing electricity supply can accommodate, your installer can make an application to increase the size of your electricity supply.

Charging hubs can be located on petrol forecourts and at motorway service areas. The power supplies at existing petrol stations were typically not designed to accommodate the demand that electric vehicle charging stations will need and so if you are thinking about this type of project, we recommend you talk to our design team at an early stage in the process and before making an application, so that we can help you identify the best solution.

Charging points can be added to existing unmetered supplies, like street lights and telecoms cabinets, this is a solution being adopted by many Local Authorities but it's also possible to install ‘pop-up’ on-street columns owned by third party charging companies. If you're thinking about installing on-street charging you should read our EV charging guide and talk to our team early in the planning process, we're happy to work with you to identify the right charging solution.

When thinking about electrifying your fleet, you should first consider the size of your fleet, the type of vehicles you operate and the pattern of use. The size of your fleet will dictate the number of EV chargepoints you need to install at your premises. We recommend appointing a reputable contractor to advise you and that you talk to our team early in the planning process. 

AutoDesign uses a simple green, amber, red indicator to help you locate the most viable and cost-effective location to connect EV chargepoints to our low voltage network and can provide you with a free of charge estimate for the connection in just minutes.