Northumberland County Council has passed a motion to add 36 electric vehicle charging points at 26 locations, extending the council's existing public charging network.
Of the new charge points, 78 per cent will be installed on land owned by the council; the remainder will be sited on third-party land through a licensing agreement.
The rollout is being financed with just over £1 million in external funding from the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement. Revenue generated by the chargers will be used to meet their running costs, management and maintenance, and the funding is intended to support the rollout until 2029.
Installation and maintenance will be handled by the council's in-house EV team.
Richard Wearmouth, the cabinet member with responsibility for transport, said it was good to see further investment in charging provision in the county. He noted that Northumberland has one of the largest road networks in the country and that the necessary facilities were vital to help people get around.
Northumberland lies in northeast England, borders Scotland and includes Hadrian's Wall and the Northumberland National Park.
The additional chargers follow the arrival of 14 BYD BD11 battery-electric buses, which entered service in the region a few months earlier.