City of London Leads the UK in Electric Vehicle Uptake

Our latest research shows that the City of London is first out of 408 areas across the UK for the highest percentage of electric vehicles – with 5.6% of vehicles licensed there being plug-ins.

Full details, including a breakdown of the Top 10 locations across the UK, are available here – City of London Leads the UK in Electric Vehicle Uptake.

Growth in charging infrastructure is now key to fuelling more widespread adoption of electric vehicles and, with many councils suffering from constrained budgets, the provision of bigger charging ‘hubs’ by private businesses is becoming ever more important.

Gary Robins, our Head of Business Development, comments:

“Electric vehicles are now firmly in the mainstream – not just for private users, but for some of the world’s biggest businesses. The rapid implementation of charging infrastructure for this growing fleet of electric vehicles is becoming more important by the day.”

Taxis, minicabs and private vehicles pose a key challenge, as in many cases they will need to charge in public at least once a day. This is currently a major issue in London, where a lack of charging points has led to waits of up to two hours for taxi drivers to even begin to recharge, leaving a growing electric-vehicle charging capacity gap for EV Hub to fill.