The UK Government’s Public Charge Point Regulations 2023 came into effect on 24 November, holding chargepoint operators (CPOs) to a new standard of compliance.
To scale up available infrastructure, there has to be a business case for private investment and commercial models balancing public and private risk are needed.
The UK government’s 2030 target to have 300,000 public EV chargepoints installed could be in jeopardy due to unrealistic expectations from local authorities, says Liberty Charge.
Zap-Map’s latest instalment of its EV charging statistics showed that 1,507 new public chargers were been added in November bringing the UK’s total to 36,752.