New analysis by Zapmap, the main cost level mapping service, has revealed that motorway companies and EV charging hubs have displaced grocery store automotive parks as the most well-liked charging places within the UK.
This yr, 55% of EV drivers they often cease at motorway companies to cost, whereas 47% achieve this at EV charging hubs – these are up from 48% and 34% respectively final yr.
This displays the growing variety of charging hubs – which Zapmap defines as teams of six or extra speedy or ultra-rapid units – which can be opening throughout the nation.
On the finish of November 2022, as an illustration, Zapmap knowledge exhibits there have been 99 open-access charging hubs, whereas on the finish of November 2023 this greater than doubled to 239.
In distinction, solely 36% mentioned they use grocery store automotive parks to cost their automobiles, down from 50% the earlier yr. The drop corresponds with the elimination of many free-to-use chargers at supermarkets nearly a yr in the past.
Jade Edwards, Head of Insights at Zapmap, mentioned the “survey offers you a great indication of simply how shortly the nation’s charging infrastructure is creating”.
The analysis additionally confirmed that though 80% of respondents have a house charger, the overwhelming majority of EV drivers proceed to make use of public charging networks throughout the nation.
Of those, nationwide cost level operators Gridserve, Pod Level and InstaVolt are the most well-liked – with 36%, 34% and 34%, respectively, utilizing them within the final six months.
As such, this yr sees Gridserve has overtaken Pod Level by way of being the community utilized by the best variety of respondents frequently – though most used doesn’t essentially equate to highest satisfaction, as Zapmap’s current charging community rankings show.
