The report, which was not made public but has been seen by E&T, was compiled last summer by the Centre of Excellence for Low Carbon and Fuel Cell Technologies (Cenex) for the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV).
It shows that of the 371 audits carried out on electric vehicle chargepoints (EVCP) installed as part of the Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme (EVHS), 66 were found to have dangerous or potentially dangerous issues in one or more categories. This represents 17.8 per cent of the installations audited.
Of all the new chargepoint installations carried out, only 32 per cent were recorded as satisfactory.
The findings prompted transport minister Rachel Maclean to write to all installers registered on the scheme to warn them that if necessary “we will remove companies and individuals found to be performing unsafe installations from our schemes and inform their electrical trade associations of our decision”.
In the email, also obtained by
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