{"id":409989,"date":"2025-09-09T08:41:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T08:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/409989\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T08:41:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T08:41:10","slug":"east-lothian-trials-new-pavement-ev-charging-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/409989\/","title":{"rendered":"East Lothian trials new pavement EV charging system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Already in use in several London boroughs, the system uses discreet charging points embedded in the pavement, installed and maintained by Scottish chargepoint operator Trojan Energy.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Councillor John McMillan, cabinet spokesperson for environment, economic development and tourism, said: &#8220;As more people switch to electric vehicles, they are discovering the benefits of charging from home.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Not only is it much cheaper than charging in public, but they can leave the house every day with a full battery and most people are unlikely to need to charge anywhere else, unless they are driving on the odd long journey.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;For people who don\u2019t have a driveway or other convenient place to plug in near their house, there are a number of solutions coming forward which could allow them to enjoy these advantages too.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Residents can register their interest <a href=\"http:\/\/trojan.energy\/trojanhome\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in the Trojan Home trial online.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  EV owners can connect to the new system using a personal charging adaptor provided free of charge when they sign up.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The scheme uses a simple subscription model, enabling users to charge at home energy rates.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It is hoped that this technology will complement East Lothian Council\u2019s existing support for cable protectors and the ongoing trials of channels and gullies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Already in use in several London boroughs, the system uses discreet charging points embedded in the pavement, installed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409990,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-409989","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115173450250407177","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}