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The regions that have the most and fewest charge points per electric vehicle (EV) registered in that area have been revealed by Moneybarn.
Analysis by the vehicle finance provider shows Scotland is leading the way for EV charging infrastructure, with just 3.34 vehicles for every electric charging connector. This comes after a recent announcement that will see Scotland benefit from an additional £7.5 million boost to its electric vehicle infrastructure.
The North East of England (3.39) narrowly misses out on the top spot, coming second.
London (3.82) is in third place, while the West Midlands (17.4) is in last place, with a sizeable number of EVs per charging connector.
In the West Midlands, there are 1,450 chargepoints, which works out at 5.6% of UK total. In its attempt to expand the network for EVs, the West Midlands Combined Autority (WMCA) has come up with a collaborative strategy which will see constituent authorities working together to ensure an even and cost-effective roll out of charging points.
The strategy will see “the creation of a collectively owned Delivery Company (DelCo) that contracts with a private sector Operating Company (OpCo), which would deliver the charging infrastructure on-street and in publicly controlled off-street parking and other locations”.
In terms of funding, it is believed that the WMCA could bid for funding from the Government Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund, with papers noting that as much as £200 million could be secured from this source, with an additional £200m in private funding helping to get the project moving.
Overall, the UK has started to see progress in its EV infrastructure, as the number of electric charging locations has surpassed the number of petrol stations.
Fleet News reported in August, 2019, there were 9,300 EV charging locations compared to 8,400 fuel stations.
There is now one electric charging location every 23.35 miles, compared with one petrol station every 29.39 miles.
However, only 23% of all connectors offer a rapid or ultra-rapid speed. This means a small number of charging devices provide a charging time between 20-40 minutes, which could disrupt motorists’ journeys, especially if they’re short on time.
Tim Schwarz, head of marketing at Moneybarn, said: “It’s great to see the UK continuing to develop its EV infrastructure ahead of its Road to Zero deadline.
“However, it’s clear areas like the West and East Midlands and the South East, need to improve their current EV facilities.
“More investment in rapid charging devices and connectors also needs to be made, so motorists feel comfortable driving long distances without worrying they may encounter travel delays.”
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Very few charging points in Cumbria very few of everything else tho just as I like it!
You cant have everything Ian.
The only person who got all his work done by Friday was Robinson Crusoe.
Anything i post over three lines long please assume it is an article lol.Up here in the highlands, EV chargers are very far apart and the problem is that they are often ‘out of order’ for weeks on end. It’s extremely difficult to plan a journey.
Very poor here in the part of Surrey where I live (just the chargers at the train station), but head into London & suddenly they are everywhere.
As we’re inundated with eco-warior lycra louts every weekend, I think we need more EV charging points as the poor dears get all exhausted pedalling all the way from London (of course, they use the train).
I note that close to my parents in the “norf” where things are usually 20 years behind the times, they have rapid chargers 3 miles away (Booths driving the modern times, remarkable)… come on Surrey!
<p style=”text-align: left;”>Julie, agree with you there, fast chargers in Croydon, only one at ikea, as far as I know, and always a fight to get on it, hardly any on a trip to my folks in east Sussex. Loads in sutton sainsburys, but they seem to be trickle chargers, not a soul uses them.</p>
Perhaps in time those 7kW chargers at Sutton Sainsbury’s will get used more, & Reigate has a couple of fast chargers (Wray Lane is very close to the A217 & M25 so could be useful as there’s a cafe & viewpoint).
Waitrose/John Lewis has 7kW chargers in Horsham, sheltered in the underground part of the car park, they charge for parking unless you happen to have a Blue Badge so very handy.
Seems there are 3 problems at the moment:
1. Not enough chargers of the right type in the right places.
2. Where there are few chargers they are often out of order.
3. Gaps in the charger network where some towns have just ignored EVs & seem to want the town centres to die rather than invest in a few chargers.
I thought that where towns wanted to kill their town centres they did a Bristol…ban all cars, ban it all, ban it all to hell!
Couldn’t resist going all Planet of the Apes there…
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Of course, this also brings statistics into the mix, Scotland has the mostest! Does that actually mean there are fewer electric cars in Scotland, so the charger ratio is higher, or that there are more chargers.
We have 10 charge points in my Scottish town, 7 in the staff only primary school car park (locked gates out of hours) and three at a Renault dealer
for customersfor their managers cars only…It also does not highlight the Betamax vs VHS ludicrous situation where there are 4 charging standards. So yes, you may have an electric car, but only some of the charge points available will work with your vehicle.
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<p style=”text-align: left;”>Remember, most people who have the infrastructure, charge at home 5000miles in my I3s and I’ve charged away from home about 4 times and 2 of them were a practice…..agree tho need to plan like an electric car driver rather a petrol driver for those longer trips lol</p>
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