Chargemaster expects over one million EV charging sessions per year by 2020

Chargemaster predicts that it will see over one million public charging sessions per year on its POLAR network by 2020.

It is expected that this is with most EV charging still happening at home, with around 11 million annual charging sessions expected on its UK-made home and workplace charging points.

POLAR, the UK’s largest public charging network, will expand significantly over the coming years to provide around 25,000 charging points across the UK by the end of 2020, including several thousand rapid chargers, many of which will be 150kW units, capable of providing around 100 miles of range in just 10 minutes.

David Martell, chief executive of Chargemaster, said: “We will continue to provide the largest proportion of both home and public charging infrastructure in the UK in the coming years, and expect to see a huge increase in the use of both the POLAR network, and the deployment of our UK-made Homecharge units.

“Over 42,000 EV drivers in the UK already use the POLAR network, and we expect that figure to rise dramatically by 2020, when we predict there will be over 500,000 EVs on UK roads.”