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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Jasper Jolly

Electric vehicle public charging ‘deserts’ revealed across Great Britain

Electric vehicle charger plugged into the side of a car
The average gap between London’s coverage and the rest of Great Britain now stands at 47 percentage points, up from 32 points in 2020. Photograph: John Walton/PA

North-east Derbyshire and Redditch, in the West Midlands, are among the worst public “charging deserts” for electric vehicles in Great Britain, according to an analysis that found 9.3m households do not have off-street parking where they could install a charger.

More than three-quarters of households that park their cars on the street do not have a public charger for electric vehicles within a five-minute walk, according to the analysis by the Field Dynamics consultancy.

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