On street charging on the rise

Britain’s public EV charging network added more than 5,000 chargers in the first half of 2026, with the strongest growth coming from on-street and ultra-rapid infrastructure.New figures from Zapmap show 5,119 public chargers were installed between January and the end of June, taking the total network to 121,171 chargers across 46,731 locations. That represents year-on-year growth of 10%.The expansion is increasingly focused on two parts of the market: drivers without off-street parking an