New charger installation rate up 75% vs 2022
March and April best ever months for new EV chargers.
New figures from Zapmap show that March and April 2023 were both record months as the number of new EV chargers installed in the UK hit new highs.
The average number of new chargers installed per month in 2023 to date has increased by 75% compared to the same period in 2022.
More than 2000 new chargers were installed in both March and April taking the total past 42,000.
The new EV charging statistics show 2080 new charge points were switched on in April 2023, and over 6400 so far in 2023. This is an increase of 14% in net new chargers since the beginning of 2023 and 35% since this time last year.
The rate of charge point installations has increased significantly in 2023, with an average of 1625 new chargers being installed each month compared to 914 per month across the same period in 2022 and 1115 per month across the whole of 2022*.
The increase in new ultra-rapid charging points that can deliver a full charge in as little as 20 minutes was 655. That brings the total number of ultra-rapid chargers to 2869 – a 25% increase in net new chargers available since the beginning of 2023 and a jump of 79% on this time last year.
An additional 3415 fast chargers, typically found in car parks or destinations and 1828 slower chargers that are used in residential streets and workplaces also came on stream. There are now 42,556 public chargers in use in the UK.
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