Ellie Ames 29 August 2024

Half of councils still without EV charging plan

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More than half of UK councils do not have an on-street residential charging strategy for electric vehicles (EVs), new research has found.

Of the 267 local authorities that responded to a Freedom of Information request by car manufacturer Vauxhall, 56.5% said they did not have a published strategy.

The firm launched its ‘Electric Streets of Britain’ campaign last year after finding that 72% of councils had not published a plan.

It said that while the figure had since improved, work was still needed to meet demand for EVs, particularly for the 40% of households without a private driveway they could use for charging.

As part of the campaign, Vauxhall has asked drivers to register where chargers are needed, and said it would share the 11,500 identified streets with councils.

It said responses had highlighted regional disparities in demand for the infrastructure, with more streets identified as needing EV chargers in the north of England than in the south.

Of the 20 councils that have installed the most chargers so far, 14 are in London – with a fifth of all on-street charge points in the UK in the London boroughs of Southwark and Barnet alone.

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