INTERSECT-CHARGE:DesigningFairFuturesforElectricVehicleChargingintheUK

INTERSECT-CHARGE will explore how the UK can make electric vehicle charging fairer, more inclusive, and better aligned with people’s everyday lives. As the transition to electric mobility accelerates, access to charging remains uneven, particularly for renters, disabled people, low-income households, carers, and rural communities. The project will bring together communities, local authorities, policymakers, infrastructure providers, and researchers to understand the barriers people face when using or accessing EV charging. Through regional workshops, whole-systems mapping, and a national Legislative Theatre event, the project will examine how technical, social, policy, and planning decisions interact to shape charging inequalities. The project will produce a UK EV Charging Equity Agenda and a practical toolkit to support more inclusive infrastructure planning.

Research questions

1. How do intersecting socio-cultural factors, location-based differences and structural conditions shape unequal access to EV charging across the UK?
2. What system-wide barriers and opportunities emerge when diverse stakeholders examine charging infrastructure through an intersectional lens?
3. How can participatory and creative methods, such as Legislative Theatre, support more inclusive planning and policy design?
4. What priorities and actions should constitute a UK-wide agenda for fair and equitable EV charging?