Electric vehicle charge points: a long way from net zero

The mainstream adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) has been speeding at full force. Plug-in hybrid (PHEV) and pure EVs make up nearly half of the entire market share in the UK, sitting at 43% as of January 2023. By April 2023, there were more than 1.2 million PHEVs and EVs on the UK roads.
As the popularity of EVs continues to surge, the network of public charge points to sustain the growing volume lags significantly behind the escalating demand.
The government announced an ambitious target of 3