The sale of electric vehicles (EVs) has skyrocketed in the UK in recent years, but analysis by E&T reveals that the deployment of chargepoints across the nation is not keeping pace with the record growth in EVs on the road.
According to the latest quarterly figures from the Department of Transport, there was a 62 per cent rise in newly registered plug-in vehicles in January-March 2022 over Q1 2021. In comparison, the number of newly registered petrol vehicles fell by 7 per cent and diesel registrations fell by 34 per cent.
The sale of new plug-in vehicles has soared over the last five years by 665 per cent. Meanwhile the number of newly registered petrol vehicles has fallen by 50 per cent and diesel by 76 per cent.
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