Roll-out of electric vehicle charge points too slow, finds report Print
2nd February 2021
The roll-out of electric vehicle charge points must become five times quicker to support the government’s upcoming ban on new petrol and diesel cars, new research reveals.
A report from Think tank Policy Exchange finds that the UK will need 400,000 public charge points when the sale of new diesel and petrol cars and vans is banned in 2030, up from 35,000 currently.
The annual rate of installations must increase from around 7,000 over the past three years to 35,000 over the next decade, the report shows.
The think tank says the government should focus on areas where it is not delivering enough public chargepoints, including the north west of England, Yorkshire and Northern Ireland.
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