Electric vehicle public charging ‘deserts’ revealed across Great Britain

Three-quarters of households that park cars on street do not have charger within five-minute walk, data shows

North-east Derbyshire and Redditch, in the West Midlands, are among the worst public charging deserts" for electric vehicles in Great Britain, according to an analysis that found 9.3m households do not have off-street parking where they could install a charger.

More than three-quarters of households that park their cars on the street do not have a public charger for electric vehicles within a five-minute walk, according to the analysis by the Field Dynamics consultancy.