NIA SSEN 0049 Equal Electric Vehicles

Key Activities

There are over 2.4 million disabled parking badge holders in the UK, with approximately 630,000 vehicles registered through the Motability Scheme – a scheme focused on vehicle leasing for motorists with disabilities and their care providers. Disabled motorists are often overlooked with regards to EV charging. There is a need to investigate and understand the enablers for both public and domestic charging solutions, not just for drivers with a disability but also for a wider range of potentially vulnerable customers such as elderly people or those with chronic illnesses.

Expected Outcomes

The benefit of this project will be identification of solutions to overcome barriers for EV adoption and ensure ‘no one is left behind’ in the EV roll out.

Progress

The project is now closed. Two comprehensive reports were produced as part of the project outcomes to document the findings. The first report, produced by Impact Research, focused on identifying the barriers that motorists with mobility impairments face in their EV transition. The second report, produced by Energy Systems Catapult, focused on identifying potential solutions to address these barriers and propose innovative solutions for further investigation. Both reports are available on the project website.