EVC7 Individual

Pwyllgor Newid Hinsawdd, yr Amgylchedd a Seilwaith | Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee

Gwefru cerbydau trydan | Electric vehicle charging

Ymateb gan Unigolyn | Evidence from Individual

1. What are your views on the Action Plan?

It’s too limited. I work for a global provider of charging stations and your policy is weak, poorly thought though and won’t deliver the capacity needed to electrify car transport.

2. What are your views on progress made against Action 1: Charging infrastructure?

Very poor provision so far. You should

Consider working with companies who know their stuff, yet all you do is strategise and don’t engage.

3. What are your views on progress made against Action 2: Optimisation of energy provision?

Again very limited and the plan does not in any way seem

Sensible for the ele trifurcation needed to achieve the targets for CO2 reduction.

4. What are your views on progress made against Action 3: Enhanced rapid charging provision?

It’s a joke, no more words necessary

What are your views on progress made against Action 4: Welsh quality standards?

Very poor - typical of public sector provision. If you engaged with companies who provide infrastructure standard would Improve but the piecemeal nature of provision in Wales is laughable. I work in Germany and in comparison the Welsh quality standards are literally laughable.

What are your views on progress made against Action 5: Regulatory facilitation?

Is there any? If there is it’s certainly not filtered through to practical implementation

What are your views on progress made against Action 6:  Partnership and collaboration?

Rubbish - I work in the largest European provider of wall boxes and charging stations - yet no-one has engaged as far as I’m aware.

What are your views on progress made against Action 7: Increase public awareness?

I mix are already aware, just waiting for Government to implement

What are your views on progress made against Action 8: Encourage investment opportunity and innovation?

Has there been any at all? I doubt European companies wingding to invest as the plan for Wales is so weak. I’ve just been to a factory in Germany where wall boxes and charging stations are produced and can honestly say this would never happen in the UK, the investment mis simply too large for such a wishy washy plan.

What are your views on progress made against Action 9: Create synergies?

There is very little joined up thinking, it seems the plan was created by public sector committee, it lacks the bite and the vision.

What are your views on the strategy ?

See above - it’s weak and badly thought through - would never pass an audit in a business environment and whilst I applaud the effort, the attainment is quite another thing.

Do you have any other points you wish to raise within the scope of this inquiry?

Yes. As an electric car driver there is a whole he’s of thinking to be done about rural infrastructure.