OWNERS of private parking spaces will from July 1 be entitled to install charging facilities for electric cars on them, the Shanghai transport commission said yesterday.

“We want to make it easier for people to charge their electric cars and in turn encourage more people to buy them,” said Ye Xing, an official with the commission.

“If a person owns a parking space or has been given approval from an owner, he or she will be entitled to install a charging post,” Ye said.