RAC director of electric vehicles Sarah Winward-Kotecha said: “We
welcome these findings as drivers need complete confidence that
they will always be able to charge up quickly and easily when
they’re making longer journeys. When more rapid public charge
points are added in the locations where they are needed the most,
then the term ‘range anxiety’ will become a thing of the past and
in turn the switch to electric driving will accelerate at pace.
“While there is still some way to go before rapid charge points
are as commonplace as fuel pumps, things are changing fast. There
is a huge amount of investment taking place, particularly at
motorways where older chargers are now being replaced with the
latest technology which offers much faster charging. We’d also
like to see motorway provision supplemented by many more
‘regional hubs’ that give those in towns and cities, especially
those for whom charging at home isn’t an option, easy access to
rapid charging.
“It’s important to realise that for those who are able to charge
at home, most won’t have any need to use the public charging
network for their day-to-day local driving as Government figures
show the average car trip is only around eight miles, and with
nearly six-in-10 of all trips being under five miles in length.
To make things as pain-free and cost-effective as possible for
drivers to go electric, we’ve launched an EV leasing service and
an at-home charge point installation service and electricity
tariff, the latter offering cheap overnight charging.”
