Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
(asked on 22nd February 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many motorway service stations (1) have, and (2) do not have, electric charging points for electric vehicles in England.
As of March 2020, there are 115 motorway service areas (MSAs) in England. Of these, 112 have at least one electric vehicle (EV) charging device.
The number of public charging devices in each region in England are presented in the table below. Figures are from 4 January 2021.
Region | Total Public Charging Devices | Charge all models of EVs1 | Rapid charging devices2 |
East Midlands | 1,090 | 1,068 | 261 |
East of England | 1,289 | 1,229 | 300 |
London | 6,155 | 6,090 | 515 |
North East | 820 | 812 | 172 |
North West | 1,410 | 1,372 | 323 |
South East | 2,869 | 2,721 | 636 |
South West | 1,555 | 1,499 | 344 |
West Midlands | 1,215 | 1,125 | 352 |
Yorkshire and The Humber | 1,056 | 1,028 | 311 |
England Total | 17,459 | 16,944 | 3,214 |
- Tesla Supercharger devices are not counted as they cannot be used by other makes of EV.
- Rapid charging devices are defined as at 43kW and above and include Tesla Supercharger devices, which is consistent with DfT official statistics. All currently operational rapid devices can be used on any vehicle with rapid-charging capability.
The number of public charging devices located at MSAs in each region in England are presented in the table below. Figures are from March 2020.
Region | Located at MSAs excluding Tesla Superchargers | Located at MSAs - Tesla Superchargers only (March |
East Midlands | 19 | 0 |
East of England | 17 | 16 |
London | 8 | 0 |
North East | 5 | 0 |
North West | 41 | 28 |
South East | 55 | 50 |
South West | 25 | 16 |
West Midlands | 31 | 52 |
Yorkshire and The Humber | 14 | 8 |
England Total | 215 | 170 |