Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) fund
Helping more people in West Yorkshire charge electric vehicles near home, with funding to build a better, greener EV charging network.
Helping more people in West Yorkshire charge electric vehicles near home, with funding to build a better, greener EV charging network.
The Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) fund supports local authorities in England to provide 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.
West Yorkshire Combined Authority is leading this project, with Leeds City Council, Kirklees Council, Calderdale Council, Bradford Council and Wakefield Council as delivery partners.
This project is being delivered in several phases, starting in 2022 and expecting to end in 2029.
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 electric vehicle. 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 electric vehicle.
We have developed an Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy for West Yorkshire. This strategy is 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.
LEVI will be delivered in several phases. Phase 1 is funded by pilot funding, Phase 2a and Phase 2b is funded by the capital allocation. The breakdown of funding is as below:
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.
Engagement on the LEVI programme and the West Yorkshire Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy took place across the region between July and September 2024. Find out more about this engagement and view the outcome report.
Find out more from the Energy Saving Trust about the LEVI fund and what it is going to be used for.
For more information, please email our team.
