More electric vehicle chargers are to be installed in residential parts of the East Riding.
It could see chargers installed in streetlights to provide facilities for people without off street parking.
James Taylor is East Riding Council's Senior Climate Change Officer.
The council is hoping to install 100 EV chargers in locations around the East Riding and set itself the target of identifying the 100 locations by March this year.
As part of the project the council said it will need to trial and adopt innovative EV charging solutions such as streetlight column charging and modifications to footways to enable charging for homes without driveways.
As well as installing charging facilities for public use, the East Riding Council is also looking to add to the East Riding Council's fleet of electric vehicles.
Senior Climate Change Officer - James Taylor - says the council is now always looking at using electric vehicles where possible, including for the Bridlington land train.
Currently thirteen battery electric vehicles operate and provide charging facilities located at many Council sites, including four vehicle depots. The vehicles include a range of cars, larger people carriers, vans and all-terrain vehicles. A further two electric vehicles are on order and expected in early 2023. The Council’s electrification programme has been recognised for its innovation, exemplified by the new electric land train at Bridlington, which is believed to be the first of its kind in the country.
James Taylor says planning is underway for more of the council fleet to become electric powered.
However a report presented to councillors last week highlighted some of the challenges that transitioning to electric vehicles brings in a rural county, it said:
"There are several barriers that must be overcome before wider scale adoption of electric vehicles can be achieved. Until a more established network of EV chargers is available for commercial use, it will be difficult for electric vehicles to provide the necessary mileage compared to internal combustion engines for the delivery of certain services.
A further challenge is the current price differential for large goods vehicles and buses. An example of this is the cost of an electric refuse collection vehicle being £550k compared to its internal combustion counterpart at £165k. The additional cost associated with transitioning to electric refuse vehicles would be approximately £4m per annum, excluding the necessary infrastructure"
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