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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Jasper Jolly

UK public electric car chargers rose by a third in 2024 to more than 70,000

Man charging an electric vehicle in a public EV recharging bay
Public electric car charger numbers rose by more than a third to reach 73,421 by 20 December, according to Zapmap. Photograph: Blackball Media/Alamy

The UK installed a record number of public electric car chargers in 2024, although the rate of growth slowed as installers contended with delays to government funding.

Numbers rose by more than a third to reach 73,421 by 20 December, according to Zapmap, whose data the government uses. The increase of 19,600 was nearly equivalent to the total number of chargers at the end of 2020.

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