The number of public fast electric vehicle chargers in the UK grew 37 per cent in 2021, according to new official figures.
As of 4 January 2021, there were 20,775 public EV chargers of all types in the UK – up by a quarter in 2020 – of which 3,880 were fast devices. In the fourth quarter of 2020 alone, 1,288 chargers were installed, including 350 fast devices.
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However, the data released by the department for transfer in conjunction with Zap-Map likewise exposed an “uneven geographical distribution” of public EV chargers in the UK. across the whole of the UK, there are 31 public chargers per 100,000 people. damaged down by nation, that’s 31 per 100,000 in England, 26 in Wales, 40 in Scotland as well as just 17 in northern Ireland.
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There’s likewise a disparity between different regions in England. London has 69 public chargers per 100,000 people – more than anywhere else – complied with by the south-east (31) as well as the south-west (28). Joint-lowest are the north-west as well as Yorkshire as well as the Humber, both of which only have 19 chargers per 100,000 people, while the West Midlands has 20 per 100,000.
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There are 5.8 fast chargers per 100,000 people in the entire UK. Scotland has 10 per 100,000 people, which is a higher proportion than any type of other nation or region. England has 5.7 per 100,000, Wales has 3.2 as well as northern Ireland has just 1.1.
The south-east of England has the greatest proportion of fast chargers in the nation, with 6.9 per 100,000 people, complied with by the north-east with 6.4 as well as the south-west with 6.1. The north-west has the least with 4.4 per 100,000 people.
The number of public chargers in each region increased in the fourth quarter of 2020, except for the north-east of England where the number really went down by 3.4 per cent. The DfT explained: “Owners as well as operators can select to temporarily or permanently decommission or replace devices, or they can be unavailable because of faults, maintenance or other limitations in the area where they are located.”
Wales saw the largest portion boost in chargers in Q4 2020 – up 19 per cent – while London installed the most chargers with 500 new devices.
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