West Midlands overtakes London in UK’s electric car charger revolution

Region has fastest-growing network with number of electric vehicles in Coventry alone tripling in three years

The West Midlands has overtaken London as the region with the fastest-growing network of electric car chargers, thanks to a push by Coventry to rapidly move away from petrol and diesel cars.

The number of electric car chargers in the West Midlands rose by a fifth between April and July, according to data from Zap-Map and the Department for Transport. That compared with growth of 12.6% in the east of England.