UK installs record number of public electric vehicle chargers

About 6,000 have been installed this year, a quarter of them rapid chargers that can power up a car in under an hourThe UK has installed a record number of public electric car chargers this year, as companies race to keep up with the growing number of battery vehicles on British roads.Nearly 6,000 new chargers were installed during the first three months of 2024, according to quarterly figures from data company Zapmap published by the Department for Transport. About 1,500 of those were rapid cha