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Council Services Over Christmas and New Year 2024/25

A guide to council services over the Christmas and New Year period when the council offices are closed to the public.

EV

November 25, 2024

Councils begin to decarbonise Fleet with delivery of new Electric Vans

Vale of White Horse and South Oxfordshire district councils have taken delivery of two new electric vans as they start to decarbonise their fleet of maintenance vehicles.

New EV food waste truck

November 18, 2024

Councils take delivery of their first electric waste vehicle

Vale of White Horse and South Oxfordshire district councils have taken delivery of their first electric food waste collection vehicle – part of the councils’ ambitions to decarbonise the waste vehicle fleet and move towards net zero.

March 1, 2024

Electric car club trial extended until September 2024

A year long Oxfordshire car sharing pilot scheme, launched in April 2023, is being extended by six months due to popular demand, with more vehicles to be added to the scheme shortly.

September 1, 2023

Electric vehicle charging and hire offers across Oxfordshire this World EV Day

Electric vehicle owners and hirers across Oxfordshire will be able to take advantage of a range of offers this World EV Day.

April 4, 2023

Electric car club pilot scheme puts hire vehicles in car parks across Oxfordshire

Issued on behalf of Oxfordshire County Council Launch believed to be UK’s biggest countywide EV car club rollout Read the story on the Oxfordshire County Council website or below: An Oxfordshire wide car sharing pilot scheme is this month making 14 new electric vehicles (EVs) available for people to hire on an hourly or daily […]

February 21, 2023

EV charging has doubled in first six months of the council scheme

Our installation of Electric Vehicle chargers at its car parks has seen charging volumes double in its first six months.

November 30, 2022

Final Park and Charge electric vehicle charging hub goes live

Hundreds of charging points set up in council car parks around Oxfordshire The roll-out of hundreds of electric vehicle (EV) charging points in council-owned car parks in Oxfordshire has been completed. This includes 62 charging points in five of our council car parks in Abingdon, Faringdon and Wantage. The final EV charging hub in the […]

May 25, 2022

First Electric Vehicle Charging Points Go Live

The first of a series of 62 EV chargers which have been installed in council-run car parks across the Vale of White Horse district are now up and running.

February 24, 2022

Work to start on installing EV chargers in Faringdon

Work will begin on the Park and Charge Electric Vehicle charging scheme in Faringdon next week.

February 22, 2022

Work to start on installing EV chargers in Abingdon

Work will begin on the Park and Charge Electric Vehicle charging scheme in Abingdon this week.