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Labib Azzouz, Research Associate in Transport and Energy Innovation, University of Oxford

Where does the UK most need more public EV chargers?

Electric vehicle chargers at a motorway service station in Grantham, England. Angus Reid/Shutterstock

The automotive and EV industry has repeatedly insisted that the UK needs more electric vehicle (EV) chargers to help motorists make the switch from conventional fossil-fuel burning cars.

The Labour government has announced £400 million to install EV chargers, mainly on streets in poorer residential neighbourhoods, in place of the Conservative’s £950 million rapid charging fund that was directed at installing chargers in motorway service stations.

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