It very much used to be the case that half or more chargers would be out. You’d need 2 or 3 options for charging as one was very likely to either be blocked for over an hour or broken.
However, Gridserve bought the entire Electric Highway network and brought every charger up to spec, then expanded many sites from 2 chargers to many, in some places a dozen or more. Then add in the number of other companies getting involved and we’ve gone from few and far between to a comprehensive coverage of the motorway network and a good coverage of the major A road network.
Add in the difference between cars capable of 80 to 100 miles on a full charge to now with many commonly achievable cars capable of 250 miles. That means the cars now are capable of going further than drivers are recommended to drive (3+ hours of driving) and much further than many of a certain age can drive between comfort breaks. It changes a mindset from driving between charges to charging when you would normally stop.
There are challenges to overcome, much of which is the national press passing around masses of misinformation because it gets the biggest responses. Watch the reply counts on social media see the boost in numbers when an EV is mentioned, there’s always those obsessed with each end of the discussion.
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Mark