{"id":133117,"date":"2023-11-01T23:14:28","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T23:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=133117"},"modified":"2023-11-01T23:14:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T23:14:28","slug":"the-number-of-public-electric-car-chargers-plunges-across-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/world-news\/the-number-of-public-electric-car-chargers-plunges-across-england\/","title":{"rendered":"The number of public electric car chargers plunges across England"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>So much for an electric car revolution! The number of public chargers plunges across SIX counties in England<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Figures from the Department for Transport also show a fall in Northern Ireland<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The number of car chargers has fallen in six English counties as the drive towards electric motoring stalls.<\/p>\n<p>There are now fewer public charging points in Gloucestershire, Devon, Kent, Norfolk, West Yorkshire and Tyne and Wear than at the beginning of the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Figures published by the Department for Transport yesterday also show a fall in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>It suggests some regions are being left behind in the transition to electric vehicles and that Rishi Sunak was right to delay a ban on sales of new petrol and diesel cars to 2035.<\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister announced the move in September in a victory for the Mail&#8217;s Rethink The 2030 Petrol Car Ban campaign, but is thought to have come too late to affect the charger figures.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/01\/21\/77293085-12699607-image-a-25_1698875470868.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The number of car chargers has fallen in six English counties as the drive towards electric motoring stalls (Stock Image)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/01\/21\/77291593-0-image-a-1_1698873358887.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>There are now fewer public charging points in Gloucestershire, Devon, Kent, Norfolk, West Yorkshire and Tyne and Wear than at the beginning of the summer (Stock Image)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/01\/21\/77293091-12699607-image-a-26_1698875485723.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>It suggests some regions are being left behind in the transition to electric vehicles and that Rishi Sunak (pictured) was right to delay a ban on sales of new petrol and diesel cars to 2035<\/p>\n<p>Data shows on-street chargers fell by 12 per cent (725 to 636) between July 1 and October 1 in Tyne and Wear. In Kent, they fell from 837 to 823, from 539 to 528 in Devon and 278 to 273 in Gloucestershire.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The decline in West Yorkshire was from 981 to 979, from 595 to 594 in Norfolk and 433 to 431 in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>It is the first drop in most of these areas since 2019, and is most likely due to firms decommissioning financially unviable chargers.<\/p>\n<p>It comes after a 14.3 per cent drop in electric car sales to private buyers in September compared to the same month in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 42,489 public chargers in England, just 5,992 are in rural areas. By contrast, the number surged by 27 per cent in London, from 13,371 to 16,963.<\/p>\n<p>Howard Cox, of pro-motorist group FairFuelUK, described the drop in chargers as &#8216;lamentable&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The DfT said there has been &#8216;solid year-on-year increases&#8217; in charger numbers in the six counties and Northern Ireland until now, and a 42 per cent rise across the country since October 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12699607\/electric-car-public-chargers-plunges-counties-England.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So much for an electric car revolution! 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