Chargemaster predicts 200,000 EVs on UK roads by 2018

Electric vehicle charging firm Chargemaster estimates that the UK will have 200,000 electric cars by the end of 2018.

This comes diesel car registrations in the UK shrank by 29.9 per cent in October, compared to the same month in 2016, the new plug-in car market grew by 47.5 per cent.

Over 120,000 plug-in cars are now registered in the UK.

David Martell, CEO of Chargemaster, said, “We will probably end this year with 45,000 new plug-in cars having been registered, and we expect to see around 70,000 registered in 2018. By the end of the year, we estimate that there will be 200,000 electric cars on UK roads, rising to 500,000 by the end of 2020 and to one million by the end of 2022.

“Recent consumer research shows that the majority of people have already considered switching to an electric car, and the speed of adoption that we will see over the next five to 10 years could surprise many consumers, as well as a few industry pundits.”