Electrifying Essex campaign

Our new Electrifying Essex campaign highlights the benefits of electric vehicles (EVs) and the growing support available to help you make the switch.

The launch of the campaign comes as we begin an ambitious £8.3 million programme to install 5,000 new public EV charging points across the county.

With thousands of new charging points on the way, we're helping make it easier than ever to consider going electric with your next car.

Follow the campaign via our Safer Greener Healthier Facebook page.

Why switch to electric?

• Save up to £1,400 a year in fuel and maintenance costs
• The price of used EVs has dropped by over 30% since 2022
• Help reduce emissions and improve air quality
• Enjoy a smoother driving experience
• A growing public charging network in Essex and across the UK

If you are already one of the 25,000+ EV drivers in Essex, please share your story with us at the bottom of this page.

Electrifying Essex event

We're running our first ever EV experience event this summer to help you discover more about electric vehicles.

Run in partnership with Let’s Experience Electric, our free Electrifying Essex event is taking place at Colchester Park and Ride on Saturday 18 July 2026 from 10am to 3pm.

• Find out more about EVs
• Hear from the experts
• Meet local car dealers
• Browse the growing range of EVs
• Take a test drive.

Parking at the Park and Ride site will cost £3 but tickets for the event are free.

Register online today to reserve your spot.

5,000 new public charging points

We're Electrifying Essex by installing thousands of new public charging points to support more people to consider a switch to an electric vehicle.

Installations will start this summer, with operators installing 5,000 new charging points in on-street locations and in public car parks throughout Essex by 2031.

The £8.3 million programme, funded by the government’s Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) fund, will help support people without access to home charging. It will also provide convenient access for drivers to charge their vehicles when they're away from home or on a longer journey.

We also recently completed a separate programme which has seen an initial 62 new public charging points installed in locations including Basildon, Brentwood, Chelmsford, Colchester and Harlow.

Check out our EV charging map to see where we have already installed new charging sockets and the others we have planned. More information about the locations of the new charging points will be published shortly.

Suggest a location

We want your ideas for where our new on-street charging points should be installed.

To suggest a new location, please complete our online request form.

We also want to hear from businesses and organisations which would be interested in having charging points installed in their public car parks or other publicly accessible areas of their land.

If you are interested, please email us at: ecc_ev_chargepoints@essex.gov.uk