Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport – in the Senedd at 1:47 pm on 6 June 2018.
I have met with National Grid and it's quite clear that significant investment is required to strengthen the grid if we are to see the development of electric vehicles as we would wish, and certainly as we would wish in order to cut carbon emissions. That investment should be provided centrally and it should be provided speedily. For our part, we are looking at developing more electric charging points, but the grid, if we are to see the targets met that the Cabinet Secretary for environment has outlined, then we will have to see a strengthening of the grid.
In terms of transport and the road network, I'm also on record as saying that I would like to see, in the future, trunk road development linked to the potential testing of autonomous and electric vehicles and connected vehicles as well. I'd like to see Wales leapfrog other countries that are keen to embrace this technology, but which are yet to show an absolute desire to do so.