The electric vehicle charge point installed in Wollaston Field car park is now live and ready to use.

A further charge point in Fairfield long stay car park will be switched on in the coming weeks.

The installation of the new charge points in car parks across Dorset is one of a number of measures in the council's ambition to become carbon zero by 2040 and accelerate several actions in its Climate and Ecological Emergency Strategy Action Plan.

Joju Charging installed the charge points. Installation and management costs were met by Joju and its funding partners Gronn Kontakt.

Councillor Ray Bryan, Dorset Council's portfolio holder for highways, travel and environment, said: "Dorset has an important role to play in helping to tackle the climate and ecological emergency.

"We're committed to becoming a carbon-neutral council by 2040 at the latest, and making other changes needed to help the whole of Dorset become carbon-neutral by 2050. Providing drivers with more charge points for their electric vehicles is an exciting step towards this.

"The Government plans to phase out sales of new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2030, so it is important drivers are offered more sustainable travel options now."

Cllr Bryan added: "We are grateful to Joju Charging and their partners Grønn Kontakt for funding both the installation and management of this scheme and for their enthusiasm and hard work in getting us to this stage."

Chas Warlow from Joju said: "We are very happy to be working with Dorset Council on the roll-out of electric vehicle charging infrastructure across the county, to help the county move to a low-carbon future.

"The fast (22kW) charge points we are installing are supplied with 100 per cent renewable energy and will enable drivers to charge their electric vehicles while visiting the county's towns".

A quick top-up - a charge of 15 minutes - will enable a journey of about 15 miles, or a full charge will take two to four hours, depending on the vehicle.

See all the locations of all Dorset's charge points here.

Keep up-to-date with progress on the electric vehicle charge points in Dorset here.

Find out how electric vehicles can be good for your business.

Two webinars are taking place this spring to help businesses find out more about electric vehicles.

The first webinar will take place on Tuesday, March 30 at 11.30am and will last for around 90 minutes. Businesses will hear from the experts about EV fleets and there is time allocated where you can ask questions. The webinar will be recorded so if you are unable to attend, you can watch it at a later date.

Find out more here.

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