Request ID: FOI-0285-2122 Date published: 26 July 2021
You asked
To whom it may concern:
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information:
1. TFL Rapid Charge Point Locations and the type of electric vehicle charger:
a. What is it’s rated power delivery?;
b. Which of these are on-street chargepoints accessible 24/7, not in car parks nor service stations?
c. Which CPOs are operating these chargepoints?
d. What is the cost charged at each chargepoint per kWh?
2. Record of all public electric vehicle charging events in 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021 specifying for each event to which charging point it refers to (charging point ID field):
a. Including the recorded times the charging event begins and ends using the public charge points;
3. Charging Speeds for each public charging event;
4. The recorded Kwh used for each public charging event;
Please, provide the information in the form of a .xls or .csv format where possible and include the coordinates (Lat, Long, Easting, Northing) of the charging points.
If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.
If you can identify any ways that my request could be refined I would be grateful for any further advice and assistance.
If you have any queries please don’t hesitate to contact me via email or phone and I will be very happy to clarify what I am asking for and discuss the request, my details are outlined above.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response.
Best wishes,
We answered
The data you have requested is in the format of a large csv file. As such I am unable to send it via email. I have set up a ‘Sharefile’ site that we use at TfL to share large documents externally and I will send you the link shortly. If you have any issues accessing it, please let me know.
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 7 May 2021 asking for information about electric vehicle charging. Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and our information access policy. I can confirm that we hold some of the information you require. Your questions and our replies are as follows:
Which of these are on-street chargepoints accessible 24/7, not in car parks nor service stations? This information can be found on the following map, available on the website named at the top: https://maps.london.gov.uk/ev-chargepoints/?intcmp=52680
Which CPOs are operating these charge points?
Our charge points are operated by ESB and bp Pulse, tendered through our framework. We have also invested in some Osprey and Shell sites. These include:
Shell Blendon
Shell Stirling Corner
Shell Addlestone
Shell West Drayton
Shell Ickenham
Shell Burgh Heath
Shell Holloway
Shell Whyteleafe
Shell Kilburn High Street
Shell Holloway High Street
Shell Shooters Hill Road
Shell South Ealing Road
Shell Old Street
Shell Whitechapel Road
Shell Queenstown Road, Battersea
Stratford International Car Park, International Way, London, E20 1YY (6 charger hub) - Osprey
What is the cost charged at each charge point per kWh?
The price varies and can be found for each charge point on Zap Map. In general, it is between 20 – 30p per kilowatt.
2. Record of all public electric vehicle charging events in 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021 specifying for each event to which charging point it refers to (charging point ID field): a. Including the recorded times the charging event begins and ends using the public charge points; The information requested is included in link provided. There are circa 950,000 rows and you may notice there are some gaps in the data pre 2020. In particular we are missing the following weeks of bp data: W/C 9 April 2018 – 15 April 2018 W/C 7 May 2018 – 13 May 2018 W/C 4 Jun 2018 – 10 June 2018 ESB however is the complete dataset from December 2017 up to March 2021.
3. Charging Speeds for each public charging event; We do not hold or receive this information.
4. The recorded Kwh used for each public charging event; See attached document.
5. Please, provide the information in the form of a .xls or .csv format where possible and include the coordinates (Lat, Long, Easting, Northing) of the charging points. See attached document.
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