A new law has been announced this week which affects all households without driveways across the UK. A change in the rules for charging EVs at home will make it ‘easier and cheaper’ for both renters and for those who don’t have a private driveway, it was announced on Wednesday.

The new law will make it mandatory for leaseholders to install EV charge points in covered car parks. It will also scrap planning permission rules on pavement charging points, which the Government says will save drivers £250 in application fees, while allowing EV owners to access lower, standard domestic electricity prices.

The changes will give more drivers access to standard household electricity rates instead of having to use more expensive public chargers. Relying on a cheap EV tariff at home instead would make running an EV cost 2p per mile, or ‘the equivalent of London to Birmingham for £2.50’, the Department for Transport said.

Much of the public charger growth has been seen outside of London, with the number of devices installed outside of the capital growing by 24.3%, compared to 21.7% within it.

Transport Secretary, Heidi Alexander, said: “Wherever you park your car, we’re making it fairer, easier, and cheaper to make the switch to electric.

“These reforms will improve infrastructure for the EV revolution, increase chargepoints across the country and open up affordable home charging to thousands more households.

“It’s good news for drivers and a big boost for the growing British EV industry – cutting costs and supporting jobs to deliver our Plan for Change.”