 have begun to expand across the country over the past year as the UK moves toward a total ban on the sale of new diesel and petrol cars. 2 The towns with the fewest electric car charging stations have been revealed 2 According to DfT stats the Isles of Scilly is the only part of the UK withzero public charging devices As of July this year, there were 44,020 charging spaces across the UK, compared to just 24,374 in July 2021. However there are disparities across the UK, and now a new map has revealed the places with the fewest charging points for battery powered vehicles, reports the Express. According to the latest data from the Department for Transport and ZapMap, the Isles of Scilly is the only part of the UK with zero public charging devices. However the local authority in charge of the island has refuted the findings, claiming there are 24 charging points in place. Castle Point, a small town near Southend-on-Sea has the least charging points on the island with just three charging points. Melton in Leicestershire is third with nine charging stations and two rapid bays. Fenland in East Anglia is next with just 10 bays, one of which is rapid charging. Next on the list is Staffordshire Moorlands district which has 12 bays according to the same data. North Kesteven, a district in Sleaford, has 16 devices followed by The Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire next up with 17. North East Derbyshire has 18 devices followed by Rutland near Peterborough which has 18 plugs. Merthyr Tydfil completed the top ten with 18 charging devices across the entire area while only two of these are rapid devices. A DfT spokesperson said : 'We have invested more than £2billion to support the switch to electric vehicles, and there are now more than 45,000 public charging devices across the UK. 'T){kind=link}
A MAP has revealed the UK towns with the fewest charging stations for electric cars.
Charging points for electric vehicles (EVs) have begun to expand across the country over the past year as the UK moves toward a total ban on the sale of new diesel and petrol cars.
As of July this year, there were 44,020 charging spaces across the UK, compared to just 24,374 in July 2021.
However there are disparities across the UK, and now a new map has revealed the places with the fewest charging points for battery powered vehicles, reports the Express.
According to the latest data from the Department for Transport and ZapMap, the Isles of Scilly is the only part of the UK with zero public charging devices.