HBC: Rapid vehicle charge point for electric cars installed in Accrington

A rapid vehicle charge point unit has now been installed next to Accrington Town Hall. The Council are now arranging with the electricity supply company to sort out the electrical connection after which it will be able to get the unit commissioned and operating. Hopefully this will be done over the next couple of weeks.

The unit is a rapid charge point unit which means it is capable of charging a vehicle from zero to 80% full charge in approximately 40 minutes. For this reason the unit comes supplied with high capacity charging cables attached. It is also fitted with 3 different connectors to cater for the different standards currently fitted to electric vehicles.

The unit has been installed adjacent to a disabled parking bay and this will be re-marked to ensure there will still be 5 disabled bays. The loading bay will go to create the electric vehicle charge point bay.