Overview
- Electrifying.com’s national review finds far denser public EV charging in London and the South than in the North, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
- Westminster leads with 2,746 public chargers, and Coventry’s 2,578 outstrips the combined 2,485 in Liverpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle and Sheffield.
- Across the UK there are 86,798 charging devices and more than 121,000 connectors, according to the analysis.
- A survey of more than 11,000 motorists by Electrifying.com and the AA reports 60% view public charging as unreliable and only 6% think there are enough chargers.
- The Department for Transport cites £7.5 billion of support, a new public charger installed every 33 minutes, and an autumn Budget boost of £200 million including £100 million to build local authority capacity, while operators stress planning and grid constraints still hold back rollouts and point to Coventry’s approach as a model.