Chargepoints are set to overtake fuel pumps by 2030, but is it enough?

RAC raises doubts about ambitions of government's EV infrastructure strategy

Nicholas Lyes

Nicholas Lyes

Plans to increase the number of electric vehicle chargepoints in the UK from 30,000 to 300,000 have been met with scepticism by motoring organisation the RAC.

The Department for Transport’s (DfT) £500m scheme would see chargepoints outnumber petrol pumps (on the road today) by almost five times but some motoring experts worry that even more needs to be done.

RAC’s head of policy, Nicholas Lyes, said that although the plans “might sound impressive” they might not be...