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These statistics are released under the ''official statistics in development'' label – formerly called experimental statistics. For more information, see the About these statistics section and the methodology note published alongside this release series.
The timeline of this publication series includes periods of coronavirus (COVID-19) related restrictions. As such, figures in this release may be affected and should be interpreted with caution.
Charging device speed categories changed in October 2023. The new categories are 3 kilowatts (kW) up to 8kW, 8kW to 49kW, 50kW to 149kW and 150kW and above. The Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) are working with industry on a naming conventions for these new categories; until this is determined we will refer to the new categories by their power rating banding in this release series.
Due to this change in speed categories, please interpret timeseries data with caution.
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Compared to 1 January 2024:
Compared to 1 April 2023:
Table EVCD_01a and Table EVCD_01b provide a breakdown of public charging devices in each local authority in the UK whilst Table EVCD_03 shows the change in the number of devices since 2015. These tables are published alongside this report.
Chart 2 is a bar chart showing the consistent growth in higher powered devices since January 2015. Due to the change in speed categories in October 2023, this timeseries is broken and should be interpreted with caution. This chart shows the number of 25kW and above devices (previously referred to as ''rapid or above devices'') in each quarter up to October 2023. October 2023 onwards displays the number of 50kW and above devices. As of 1 April 2024, there were 11,590 50kW and above public charging devices, this accounted for 19% of all charging devices.
Chart 3 is a doughnut chart showing the proportion of charging devices across speed categories. The largest speed category was 3kW up to 8kW, which accounted for 35,339 (59%) of all charging devices. The smallest speed category was 150kW plus, which accounted for 8% (4,662) of all charging devices.
Chart 4 is a doughnut chart showing the proportion of charging devices across location categories. The most common location category for charging devices was ''destination'' accounting for 27,583 charging devices or 46% of all publicly available charging devices. ''On street'' charging devices accounted for 37% of charging devices or 22,199. Further information can be found in Annex B.
Charging device location categories are defined based on both the type of facility they are located in and who can access this but also the type of charging service they are designed to deliver.
On street - charging devices located on residential streets only.
En route - charging devices located for charging to continue a journey. Located in motorway service areas, service stations, electric forecourts and ferry terminals. Additionally 50kW and above charging devices in hotels, restaurants and attractions.
Destination - charging devices located at the end of an Electric Vehicle journey or where a driver may typically stop for an extended period of time. Consists of both 50kW and above and 49kW and below charging devices located in retail car parks, car parks, leisure, education areas and transport (except ferries), in addition 49kW and below charging devices located at hotels and restaurants.
Other - charging devices which are semi-public with some level of access restrictions such as workplace car parks and dealership forecourts.
Across all speeds in total, there is an uneven geographical distribution of charging devices within the UK. Some UK local authorities have bid for UK government funding for charging devices, and others have not. Most of the provision of this infrastructure has been market-led, with individual charging networks and other businesses (such as hotels) choosing where to install devices.
Chart 5 is a bar chart showing the variation in total device provision across each region and country of the UK. London and Scotland had the highest level of charging provision per 100,000 of population, with 221 and 93 devices per 100,000 respectively. In comparison, the average provision in the UK was 89 per 100,000.
Northern Ireland had the lowest level of charging device provision in the UK, with 29 devices per 100,000, followed by the North West and Yorkshire and the Humber, each with 53 devices per 100,000.
Chart 6 is a bar chart showing the variation in 50kW and above device provision across each region and country of the UK. Scotland had the highest rate of 50kW and above device provision at 24.2 charging devices rated 50kW and above per 100,000, whilst the average provision in the UK was 17.3 per 100,000. 50kW and above charging device provision was lowest for Northern Ireland with 7 charging devices rated 50kW and above per 100,000. London was the second lowest region with 13 charging devices rated 50kW and above per 100,000.
Maps 1 and 2 are maps of the UK displaying the geographic variation in charging devices, with the number of devices labelled on each area of the map corresponding to a UK region or country.
An interactive map of this data is available and breaks device provision down further to local authority level.
Map 4 is a map of the UK showing that the number of 50kW and above devices increased in every region and country in the UK between January to March 2024. The region with the smallest percentage increase in the number of 50kW and above devices was Yorkshire and the Humber at 8.8%. Northern Ireland had the largest percentage increase in 50kW and above devices at 70.5%, corresponding to an increase of 55 devices rated 50kW and above.
Please note that this data represents available devices at a snapshot in time. Although an increase between 2 points in time likely reflects new installations, increases occur when devices are added to the dataset, which is not always the same as when they were installed. Decommissioned charging devices are also removed from the total number of devices. An increase in devices therefore reflects the net increase between the 2 snapshots of data in that period rather than the number of installations in that period. For more information please see the methodology note that accompanies this release series.
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