Gov’t promises 300k EV chargers by 2030
THE NUMBER OF EV chargers in the UK will increase tenfold by 2030 to a total of 300,000, the government has promised.
That’s five times the number of fuel pumps and 10 times the number of chargers today.
Westminster has announced a £500 million scheme (part of a £1.6 billion fund announced previously) to install “highquality, competitively priced” chargers across the country.
Of that, £450m will go into on-street charging and hubs; and £50m into researching local EV challenges and charger planning so future developments can complement other methods of travel.
SMMT boss Mike Hawes said the strategy points in the right direction, but if “industry and consumers are to have the certainty they need to invest [in EVS], commensurate and binding targets must be set for infrastructure provision”.