Number of electric car charging points rose by nearly a quarter in Brighton and Hove

By Sonja Tutty, Data Reporter
Published 23rd Nov 2023, 10:30 BST
A Volvo car being charged using a Ubitricity lampost EV charging point, London. Picture date: Friday March 5, 2021.A Volvo car being charged using a Ubitricity lampost EV charging point, London. Picture date: Friday March 5, 2021.
A Volvo car being charged using a Ubitricity lampost EV charging point, London. Picture date: Friday March 5, 2021.
The number of public electric vehicle charging points in Brighton and Hove has risen by nearly a quarter over the past year, new figures show.

The number of public electric vehicle charging points in Brighton and Hove has risen by nearly a quarter over the past year, new figures show.

It comes as Vauxhall, who analysed the data, said more must be done to meet the rising demand for electric cars.

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Figures from the Department for Transport show there were 432 publicly available electric vehicle charging devices in Brighton and Hove as of October, including 17 rapid chargers.

Overall, it is up 22% from 353 charging devices in October of 2022.

Across the UK, there were nearly 49,220 publicly available chargers as of October – a 42% jump from 2022. Of them, 8,908 were rapid chargers.

The figures also show on-street electric vehicle chargers for homes without driveways have increased by 69% in the last 12 months, with 4,094 new installations recorded in the last quarter.

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