Harrogate is to host a three-day event promoting electric vehicles and green energy next month.
Everything Electric North will take place from May 24 to 26 at the Yorkshire Event Centre at the Great Yorkshire Showground.
The event aims to encourage greater use of electric cars.
According to North Yorkshire Council. there are currently 133 electric vehicle charging units in Harrogate, 74 of which are in the town itself.
Expert panels will debate whether electric vehicle charging at work and destinations should be standard practice and whether you really need a driveway to own an electric car.
Last year’s Everything Electric North event in Harrogate.
North Yorkshire Council’s electric vehicle infrastructure officer will feature on the panel.
The council’s electric vehicle infrastructure rollout strategy is part of the North Yorkshire Local Transport Plan.
Barrie Mason, the council’s assistant director for highways and transport, said:
“More and more people are turning to electric vehicles as ways of driving down the cost of motoring and helping the environment and North Yorkshire is no exception.
“Harrogate, in particular, has shown a steady month-on-month increase in the number of charging sessions since the EV infrastructure became live at the beginning of last year.
“Our aim is to encourage more people to make the move to electric vehicles and our infrastructure rollout is an important part of convincing people across the county that there is a dependable, viable alternative to petrol and diesel.”
According to the council, in 2023 there were almost 11,000 charging sessions recorded, with a further 3,520 up to the end of February.
This means that 340,770 miles were travelled by electric vehicles which used these facilities last year, with a further 123,475 miles covered up to the end of last month. In total, this has saved more than 175 tonnes of carbon dioxide.
This is the second consecutive year that Everything Electric North will be held at the Yorkshire Event Centre, and its 15th exhibition around the world.
Event chief executive Dan Caesar said:
“The venue and location received a huge thumbs-up from our audience.
“We display electric vehicles of all shapes and sizes from micro-mobility options like bikes and boards, up to trucks and tractors, but the centrepiece is an array of hundreds of electric cars and thousands of test drives.”
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