Electric Brighton Newsletter - Summer 2023

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Hello!

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Here's our quarterly round-up of local news and goings-on in the world of Electric Vehicles in Brighton & Hove.

Local news

100 new Lamp Post chargers installed, waiting to be available in-app

Earlier this year you may have noticed a bunch of new Lamp Post Chargers popping up around the city. Well, these new Blink Charging (formerly EB Charging) locations are due to be added soon to the Blink Charging App (formerly EB GO).

Note that these locations are all "bay-less" for the time being, but just like other locations without marked bays, they are expected to receive marked bays over the coming years.

Here's the full list!

• Zone B: Beatty Avenue (post 2).
  
• Zone C: Dawson Terrace (post 2), Freshfield Street (post 4), St Lukes Road (post 1), Queens Park Terrace (post 6) and Royal Crescent Mews (post 2).
• Zone D: Bolney Road (post 8) and Staplefield Drive (post 4).
• Zone F: Hythe Road.
• Zone H: Bowring Way (post 2), Donald Hall Road (post 4), Eastern Road (post 33), Rock Grove and Whitehawk Road (post 11).
• Zone J: Ditchling Road (sign 528), Havelock Road (post 11), Prince's Crescent (post 3), Prince's Crescent (post 4), Trinity Street (post 3) and Rugby Road (post 4).
• Zone L: Seaford Road (post 2) and St Leonards Road (post 8).
• Zone M: Rochester Gardens (post 3).
• Zone N: Denmark Villas (post 5), Grand Avenue (post 7), Livingstone Road (post 8), Medina Villas (post 6), Osborne Villas (post 10) and Shirley Street (post 6).
• Zone O: Addison Road (post 14), Chanctonbury Road (post 3), Davigdor Road (post 25), Lyndhurst Road (post 12), Montefiore Road (post 9), Nizells Avenue (post 10), Osmond Road (post 7) and Wilbury Crescent (post 11).
• Zone Q: Parkmore Terrace (post 1), Port Hall Road (post 4), Stanford Road (post 11), Stafford Road (post 2) and York Villas (sign 501).
• Zone R: Carlisle Road (post 8), Cowper Street (post 10), Landseer Road (post 2),Marmion Road (post 6),Pembroke Avenue (post 5), Tamworth Road (sign 701), Walsingham Road (post 8), Westbourne Place (post 6) and Westbourne Villas (post 1).
• Zone S: Bernard Road (post 7) and Queens Park Road (post 13).
• Zone T: Fonthill Road (post 8) and Newtown Road (post 19).
• Zone U: Bear Road (post 17), Canfield Road (post 1), Carlyle Avenue (post 4) and Ladysmith Road (post 7).
• Zone V: Arnold Street (post 2), Baxter Street (post 4), Carlyle Street (post 2), Cobden Road (post 8), Franklin Street (post 4), Lewes Road, Lincoln Street (post 5), Southampton Street (post 2) and Whichelo Place (post 2).
• Zone W: Glendor Road (post 3), Marine Avenue (post 5) and Tennis Road (post 4).
• Zone X: Norway Street (sign 701).
• Zone Y: Albert Road (post 3), Alexandra Villas (post 1), Guildford Street (post 1), Leopold Road (post 3), Queen's Gardens (post 2) and Richmond Terrace (post 5).
• Zone Z: Dean Street (post 2),Hampton Place (post 3) and Victoria Street (post 1).
• Zone 10: Knoyle Road (post 2), St Aubyns (post 702) and Surrenden Holt (post 2).
• No Zone: Albion Street (sign 501), Applesham Avenue (post 8), Barnett Road (post 2), Chailey Avenue (post 7), Chalk Cliff Road (post 2), Crown Road (post 3), Drove Crescent (post 14), Dudley Road (post 1), Eastbrook Road (post 6), Gorham Avenue (post 6), Juniper Close (post 6), Laughton Road (post 1), Sherbourne Close (post 9), Summerdale Road (post 3), The Deeside (post 5) and Woodland Way (post 6).

See a map of all planned locations on our website.

More dedicated bays coming in July

In our Spring newsletter we reported on Traffic Regulation Orders open for public comment, which would be adding dedicated EV-only bays to a number of existing charging locations around the city. Well, these locations are soon to be painted - and the Council have informed us that the current ETA for these bays to go live is July 25th. This may change, but we will update our site to reflect these new parking restrictions once they are live. For a recap of these locations, please see our previous newsletter.

FareShare receive new electric vans for their fleet

FareShare, the regional UK charity that tackles hunger and food waste by providing surplus food to local charities, has recently taken delivery of new electric vans to join their local fleet operating in Brighton & Hove.

The Maxus eDeliver 9 vans have been paid for by support from the Rampion and the Sussex Community Foundation and FareShare say they can carry around 850kg of food, which is approximately 2024 meals, all delivered locally to those in need. The new vans will be helping FareShare achieve their 2032 target of reducing CO₂ emissions by 30%.

Compare UK EV Charging Network prices

The cost of charging an EV on the UK's public charging networks has changed hugely in recent years, as the wholesale cost of electricity has risen sharply alongside the increases of gas prices.

To help make it easier to see where the best value lies on our public UK charging networks, every month we compile comparisons of EV Charging Networks over on a website we operate: Leccy.net. you can see prices for slow, fast, rapid and ultra rapid charging services from a range of the UK's charging networks.

Check out the full list of charging networks and prices over on the site.

UK's first all-electric pickup truck available locally

If you've been waiting for an electric pickup truck to come to the UK market, you may well have been waiting for quite some time now. Which is why this new vehicle really stands out - it's the only electric pickup truck on sale in the UK right now!

It's got 220 miles of range, a truck-bed carry capacity of 1000kg and impressive capabilities both on and off-road.

If you're interested in the T90EV, visit the Rivervale Maxus showroom on Victoria Road in Portslade for more details - or call 01273 433 953 to arrange a test drive.

Rivervale are a paid supporter of Electric Brighton.

London to Brighton (...to Paris!) Electric Vehicle Rally 2023

The brilliant annual London to Brighton EV Rally returns again this year, with a new twist, as it extends the rally on from Brighton all the way down to Paris during a second day of festivities!

The event will be taking place over from Friday June 30th to Sunday July 2nd, with the London to Brighton contingent arriving from London at Brighton's iconic Madeira Drive from around Midday on Saturday July 1st. The seafront will be host to sponsor’s stalls, test drives, live music, and plenty of activities for children, electric go-karts, and wheelchair basketball.

Plus, it's not too late to join the rally - Tickets are available at londontobrightonelectricvehiclerally.com.

Local EV ownership update

Government data for Q4 2022 shows a continued increase for plug-in and battery electric vehicles, with ownership numbers showing 1469 pure Battery-Electric Vehicles and 710 Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles. Battery-Electric continues to outpace Plug-in Hybrid. Based on the steady increase of EV numbers in the city, we estimate that the number of Battery-Electric in mid-2023 is around 1800.

You can see these numbers on our page about EV ownership figures for Brighton & Hove.

If you would like to support Electric Brighton and our efforts to speed up the transition away from fossil fuel vehicles in Brighton & Hove, then please check out some of the ways you can support us.

Thank you for your support,

Tom, Electric Brighton

Our Supporters

We're grateful to our supporters in helping us to promote electric vehicles in Brighton & Hove, and beyond. They're great!

We're proud to announce that Rivervale Maxus have partnered with us again in 2023. Rivervale Maxus are a leading supplier of Electric Vans, having increased their range to include the versatile Maxus eDeliver 9, and the recent addition of the T90EV all-electric pickup truck - the first to market in the UK! Plus, they still offer electric vehicle leasing that covers the full market for EVs alongside a dedicated electric vehicle service centre. It's great to be working with the Rivervale team once again!