Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire are on the brink of an electric vehicle boom which could see more than 200,000 electric cars on the streets by the end of the decade, new research has found.
Figures released by regional transport body Midlands Connect and engineering consultancy WSP suggest that Stoke-on-Trent will see a significant increase in the uptake of electric vehicles (EV) in the next eight years, rising from 826 today to 35,042 by the end of 2030.
In Staffordshire, EV uptake is expected to jump from 4,726 to 171,990 by the end of the decade, while the wider Midlands region could see 1.7 million EVs on its roads during the same time frame.
