Using FoI requests to 379 UK local councils, and a survey of 1665 UK residents, our report paints a picture of the state of electric vehicle charging in the UK, showing how far it still has to go in order to reach the "boringly reliable" dependability required for mass-market adoption. Our research shows:
- Councils lack funding to drive the EV revolution
- Less than half the UK's councils received funding to deploy or maintain EV charging in the last year
- Investment in EV charging is more than 4x higher in Scotland than in England, per capita
- Regional disparity within England, with local authorities in the East planning only 1/14th of the number of installs next year vs. the London region, per capita
- More than 80% of potential EV customers have concerns about lack of charging, reliability of charging, and planning long journeys
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