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Since its launch in August 2023, Vauxhall’s Electric Streets of Britain campaign has registered over 12,500 UK streets in need of on-street EV charging. The initiative helps households - especially the 40% without driveways - find accessible charging. Data from the campaign is shared with partners and local councils to guide infrastructure planning. Recent research shows 22.9% of households are now within a four-minute walk of a charge point, up from 19.6% in 2024, adding access for 300,000 more homes.
Some remote regions are seeing strong growth in EV infrastructure, with the Isles of Scilly rising from 0% coverage in August 2024 to 65.9% today. Redbridge and Wrexham also saw gains, while 29 local authorities already meet their projected 2030 demand. England’s LEVI Fund and Scotland’s EVIF are expected to add at least 106,000 chargers, offering hope for the 12,500 drivers who’ve requested local charging.
However, challenges remain nationally, with 243 councils still lacking sufficient chargers, particularly in rural areas of Wales, Scotland, and the East. Only two-thirds of the needed infrastructure was deployed in the past year, leaving an estimated 110,000 more near-home chargers required by 2030. While public chargepoints have risen over 50% to 84,000, 30% are still concentrated in London, and regional disparities persist.
Steve Catlin, Managing Director, Vauxhall said: “The country has made great strides in growing its electric vehicle infrastructure since Electric Streets of Britain launched in 2023. Not only have we seen a huge rise in the number of public chargers, but more importantly their installation is increasingly being deployed tactically for drivers who need them on a local level. While the ongoing rise in councils who have policy officers dedicated to overseeing charging is encouraging, the 12,500 registrations we have received to Electric Streets shows there is no silver bullet to provide a quick fix for drivers. We need to make sure all parties are pulling in the same direction to maintain the momentum we have seen over the past two years.”
Robert Evans, CEO, Cenex added: “It has been a year since we collaborated with Vauxhall to put forward better metrics to measure the delivery of public EV infrastructure. Using these more relevant, actionable, scalable and measurable metrics, it is great to see the progress made in the last 12 months and assess at a granular level whether current public and private plans are helping meet the needs of residents and drivers.”
Last month, Vauxhall partnered with Zoopla to help homebuyers find properties with accessible EV charging, showing charger proximity and home charging credentials on its web and app platforms. Committed to electrifying Britain, Vauxhall offers electric versions of all cars and vans since 2024, all priced under £40,000 and eligible for the UK government’s £1,500 Electric Car Grant.
