Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Fund
The LEVI Fund supports local authorities in England to plan and deliver charging infrastructure for residents without off-street parking. West Yorkshire has been awarded £1.5 million of LEVI Pilot funding and £14.3 million of further LEVI Capital funding to install close to home residential chargepoints. This is in addition to over £1.5 million of Capability funding to support officers working on EV programmes.
What the LEVI fund means for West Yorkshire
Our ambition is to build a network of public electric vehicle (EV) chargepoints in West Yorkshire. We want to install the right chargers in the right places so more people will be able to charge their EV. Installing more chargepoints will mean that West Yorkshire is ready for more of us to be able to switch to using an electric vehicle. Our goal is for West Yorkshire to have a network of electric vehicle chargepoints which are reliable, safe and easy to use.
We want to use LEVI funding to install EV chargepoints close to the homes of people who do not have their own off-street parking. This means that people who don’t have off-street parking will be able to charge their electric vehicle on the street or in a car park close to their home, rather than driving away from home to charge their EV.
For more information on the LEVI fund and what it is going to be used for please visit Local electric vehicle infrastructure fund - Energy Saving Trust
LEVI will be delivered in several phases – Phase 1, funded by Pilot funding and then subsequently Phases 2a and 2b, funded by the Capital allocation. The LEVI fund also requires us to leverage private market investment, from chargepoint suppliers, meaning the levels of investment in charging infrastructure in West Yorkshire will be significantly more than these figures.
We are also developing an Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy for West Yorkshire. This strategy will be our ambitious plan to improve the charging network for a cleaner and greener West Yorkshire. It will help us to increase the number of chargepoints in our region much more quickly. It will also help us to make sure that those chargepoints are in the right places and are easier to use.
Find out what’s happening near you
Engagement on the LEVI Programme and the West Yorkshire Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy took place across the region between July and September 2024. For more information on this engagement and the outcome report please visit Electric Vehicle Charging for West Yorkshire | Your Voice
Project overview
| Project Lead |
West Yorkshire Combined Authority |
|---|---|
| District/ Area |
West Yorkshire |
| Funding |
Office for Zero Emission Vehicles – Pilot funding - £1.5M Capital Funding - £14.326M Capability Funding – £1,502,709M |
| Project Status |
Phase 1 (Pilot) – Business Justification Case Approved Phase 2 (Capital) – Full Business Case submitted for approval Capability Funding – Approval to Proceed granted |
| Start and end dates |
2022-2028 |
| Delivery partners |
Leeds City Council, Kirklees Council, Calderdale Council, Bradford Council, Wakefield Council |
| Other funders |
Chargepoint Suppliers, to be confirmed |
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