The UK needs a six-fold increase in electric vehicle charging points by 2020 if it wishes to keep up with electric cars and truck demand, a new research study has found.
The report, brought out by data business Emu Analytics, discovered that there is a considerable shortfall in the amount of electric charging points across Britain.
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Currently there are only 16,500 charging points in the UK, while a further 83,500 charging points will requirement to be developed by 2020 to keep up with demand as plug in EVs ended up being progressively popular.
The report predicts that there will be over a million electric vehicles on the road by 2020, with 150,000 registered as of may 2018. However, because of the low amount of charging points, there are currently nine plug in EV’s for every charging point in the UK.
According to Emu Analytics, a pure electric vehicle’s battery variety normally lies between 100 to 200 miles (even though genuine world figures are likely to be lower), meaning drivers will requirement lots of chargers before battery variety increases.
The report likewise highlighted the very best as well as worst areas for charging, with Newcastle having one of the very best EV charger ratios with 1.45 cars and trucks per charger. Meanwhile, Peterborough has the worst charger ratio with 485 cars and trucks per charger.