Electric vehicle charge points could join red phone boxes and post boxes as an “iconic” sight on British streets under new design plans.
A contract valued at £200,000 has been advertised by the Department for Transport in an effort to secure a design team for the project.
It explains how officials from the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles want the successful bidder to develop an “iconic, functional public electric vehicle charge point”.
The move was welcomed by Conservative former transport minister Sir John Hayes, who said he hopes the charge points will become a “design classic” – similar to the red pillar box or the Gilbert Scott red phone box.
Electric vehicle charge points could join red phone boxes and post boxes as an “iconic” sight on British streets under new design plans.
A contract valued at £200,000 has been advertised by the Department for Transport in an effort to secure a design team for the project.
It explains how officials from the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles want the successful bidder to develop an “iconic, functional public electric vehicle charge point”.
The move was welcomed by Conservative former transport minister Sir John Hayes, who said he hopes the charge points will become a “design classic” – similar to the red pillar box or the Gilbert Scott red phone box.