Demand for charging near homes has increased faster than supply, according to updated datasets of a Vauxhall and Cenex study on the UK’s public charge point journey.
The figures also revealed between 1 September 2024 and 1 March 2025 that the distribution of public charge points has improved across the country.
Data has come from the Vauxhall and Cenex study called ‘Are We Nearly There Yet?’, which was released last year, and revealed that the UK’s current electric vehicle infrastructure (EVI) targets are too wide in scope and should be based on more detailed, precise metrics.
The latest update found that since September 2024, the proportion of local authorities where near home charging supply is ahead of demand has slipped from 68% down to 62%.
But supply does remain ahead of demand by around 1 year for the whole country. The big improvers in near home charging supply since our initial version are: The Isles of Silly, East Lothian, Watford, Brighton and Hove, and Welwyn Hatfield.
Redbridge, Middlesborough and Newham have the biggest increase in the proportion of households who can access public charging within a 4-minute walk. Some 22% of all GB households who need public charging are within the same distance of a public chargepoint (up from 19% in September 2024).
Other local authorities have slipped behind as EV uptake continues to drive up demand for charging but LEVI projects have not yet started to deliver supply on the ground, the study revealed.
In the months since September 2024, there has though been an improvement in the number of road miles covered by journey charging from 71% up to 81%.
The M3 has seen the biggest improvement in coverage, due to the new InstaVolt charging hub near Winchester, followed by the M55 (Preston to Blackpool).
The study previously highlighted the M27 as the motorway with the worst provision in Great Britain – but it said this has improved since its first report.
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