A plan announced by the government has set out the steps to make smart charging the preferred method of electric vehicle charging by 2025.

Energy and climate minister Graham Stuart said, “We want to make smart charging an easier choice for drivers of electric vehicles, whether that is charging on the driveway, at the workplace, or parked on the street. To do that we need to build new network infrastructure at pace, using the latest available technologies.”

Smart charging will allow EV owners to charge the vehicles when the cost of electricity is at its lowest. Smart chargers also allow EV owners to power their homes off of their vehicles or even sell electricity back to the grid.

A recent study showed that EV owners can save op to £1,000 a year by utilising smart charging over conventional EV charging.

The government has committed to improving the publicly available information on smart charging and will support the creating and implementation of smart charging consumer service standards. As part of the plan, £16m funding from the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP) for smart charging technologies.