50,000 public EV chargepoints installed across the UK

The UK has reached a new milestone in EV driving, with recently released stats showing that over 50,000 public chargepoints have been installed across the country.

Statistics supplied to the Department for Transport by Zapmap reveal that there are 44% more public chargepoints (52,602) than this time last year.

The government has a target of 300,000 public charge points by 2030.

Technology and decarbonisation minister, Anthony Browne, said: "Passing 50,000 public chargepoints is a key milestone in our journey to zero emission driving and shows the incredible progress we’ve made to provide the infrastructure for drivers to go electric.  

"With government and private sector investment, we are backing drivers by expanding our charging network – creating jobs and putting us well on the way to our target of 300,000 public chargepoints by 2030."