Cork plans up to 700 public EV chargers by 2030

The charging pools will be based in publicly managed car parks, publicly controlled lands, in private retail car parks, and in community car parks attached to sports grounds or churches.

An EV Fast charger. The draft plan will show the indicative locations for charging pools, with individual site surveys required. Picture: Chani Anderson

An ambitious €22m plan has been draw up to install almost 700 publicly available electric vehicle (EV) chargers at a network of new charging stations across Cork City by 2030.

Over 60 charging stations could be in place before the end of next year, according to targets in Cork City Council’s draft EV charging strategy which is due to be published for public consultation soon.