Lidl Ireland is to provide 40  electric vehicle charging facilities in 20 stores across Ireland within the next six months.

Lidl has already installed, and trialled electric vehicle charging points at the Rathfarnham, Drogheda and Swords stores and will retrofit the technology to its shops in: Cabra; Tallaght; Glenageary; East Wall; Gorey; Wilton; Virginia; Magherafelt; Lurgan and Andersonstown during the coming months.

Electric vehicle charging points will also be installed at all locations where Lidl is currently building new store developments, namely: Belgard Road, Tallaght; Fortunestown; Sligo; Nenagh; Childers Road, Limerick; Birr and Antrim.

“At Lidl, we are delighted to be leading the way in environmental sustainability and are today committing to providing  40 electric vehicle charging points across 20 stores within the next six months,” said Lidl director of Property and Central Services, Ireland, Alan Barry.

“Business must act responsibly and Lidl will lead the way by installing electric vehicle chargers in all new store builds and investing over EUR150,000 (US$175,000) in our Electric Vehicle Charging Programme. 

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“Electric vehicles are indispensable in addressing the major challenges of improving air quality and curbing the use of fossil fuels. With more and more customers shopping with us every week, we hope that the  expansion of the network of public charge points will make electric vehicles more attractive to customers whilst further enhancing our customer experience. What’s great is they’re also free for our customers.

“The electric vehicle charging point at our Drogheda store, for example, provides on average 100km of free driving range per charge and is currently charging over 4,000km a week.”

Transport accounts for one third of Ireland’s energy requirement. The national climate-change-mitigation plan aims to increase the number of electric vehicles on Irish roads to 500,000 by 2030.

“With the vehicle and home charging grants available from Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland (SEAI ) it is becoming increasingly appealing for motorists to consider the switch to driving electric,” added SEAL CEO, Jim Gannon.

“The number of electric vehicles on Ireland’s roads [is] growing rapidly and with this increase, all additions to the electric vehicle charging infrastructure are very welcome.

“While we recognise the majority of charging may take place at home, initiatives such as this from Lidl will help to provide confidence in the charging network and ensure there are sufficient charging locations available for a growing number of electric vehicle users.”