據電力新聞2020年7月27日倫敦報道，英國電動汽車（EV）充電樁公司Pod Point洞察力主管詹姆斯· 梅克邁7月27日告訴記者，Pod Point最近幾個月EV充電樁銷售強勢回歸，正在收復早期封鎖期間的失地。

Pod Point最近剛剛完成了在200個樂購停車場內安裝充電樁的工作，同時與大眾汽車公司一起推出了600個充電樁的安裝計劃。在4月和5月的禁售期受到嚴重影響以后，Pod Point目前的家庭充電樁安裝水平已恢復到了疫情爆發前的水平。

梅克邁說：“在封鎖之前，我們曾處于一個強勁增長的階段，而它現在似乎在很大程度上正在強勢回歸。”

雖然由于在家辦公模式和客流量減少，工作場所和零售充電增長前景不確定，但梅克邁仍持樂觀態度。

梅克邁說：“我們不知道封鎖所帶來的環境改善的意識能在多大程度上延續到復蘇，但我們正進入一個持續的經濟困難時期，所以決策需要是長期和合理的。沒有人會建議投資柴油乘用車。”而沃爾沃首席執行官一直直言不諱地相信充電樁安裝將會加速。

李峻 編譯自 電力新聞

原文如下：

UK EV charge point installation 'coming back strong' after lockdown: Pod Point

UK electric vehicle charger company Pod Point has seen strong sales in recent months and is recovering ground lost during the early lockdown, the company's Head of Insights James McKemey told July 27.

The company has just completed installing chargers across 200 Tesco car parks as it rolls out a 600-site program with Volkswagen, and is now back to pre-Covid levels of monthly home charger installations after a lockdown-affected April and May.

"We were in a phase of strong growth pre-lockdown, and it seems largely to be returning," McKemey said.

While the outlook was uncertain for workplace and retail charging growth due to work-from-home patterns and reduced footfall, McKemey remained positive.

"We don't know how much awareness of environmental improvement due to lockdown will carry over into a recovery, but we're heading into a sustained period of economic difficulty, so decisions need to be long-term and sound. Nobody is going to advise investment in diesel passenger cars, and the CEO of Volvo has been forthright in his belief that electrification will accelerate," he said.