The country’s 50,000th charging device to be installed is an ultra-rapid device at a service station in Weston-super-Mare.

The 40,000th EV charger was installed in February 2023, meaning the speed at which the UK is now deploying EV charging infrastructure has significantly increased. In contrast, a full year passed for the previous 10,000 chargers to be installed (February 2022 to February 2023).

The news has been celebrated as a huge milestone in the country’s target of installing 300,000 chargepoints by 2030. 

“Hitting 50,000 public charging devices is a really important milestone for the country and illustrates the sea change behind the increased rate of chargepoint installations,” said Melanie Shufflebotham, chief operating officer at Zapmap. “Having passed 40,000 chargepoints in February, our predictions are that there will be 100,000 chargers by August 2025 – which would certainly be a major achievement.

“Alongside the number of high-power charging...