Put simply, the best thing the government can do to promote and advance EV ownership, is to invest nationwide in the infrastructure before forcing us to use and purchase vehicles we can’t conveniently charge
Agreed, but we already have councils being offered funding for public access charge points, but councils have taken the money & then debate which councillor should have the charge points nearest them, or put the charge points for free access to council employees only (ignoring taxation laws)… yes Macclesfield council, you!
As many councils have been so poor & many have put chargers in places that no-one will use, I think that the government is now hoping that as more EVs appear on the roads the private companies will roll out more chargers (Tesco (PodPoint which is EDF)/BP/Shell/Ionity/etc., all rolling out large numbers of chargers). The government have already mandated that all new rapid chargers must accept contactless payment which is critical.
I’d advise that you observe https://www.plugshare.com/ and look for the spanners, that’s where the new chargers are appearing although I’ve come across a few more that have been installed but the covers are still on due to C19 (e.g. 1066 Cafe on the A21).