The UK's charging infrastructure is now not growing at a fast enough rate to support the increasing number of EVs being sold, according to VW UK's boss
“It needs a variety of solutions, from high-power charging on major arterial routes to on-street charging as well.”More must be done to ensure the regional inequalities in the EV charging network are diminished, Smith believes.
Smith agreed with the sentiment that range anxiety has now shifted to charging anxiety: the ability for EV owners to charge their cars away from home or work. “Pricing transparency is essential to consumer confidence in EV charging and also how they make that payment. Interoperability of easy payment methods is critical – and reliability. We saw last September what happened when people couldn’t get fuel.”“If you miss a purchase opportunity, you’re a buying cycle further down the road. You need to build ahead of the demand and be ahead of the game.”Growth in EV sales across fleet and retail buyers used to be fairly consistent.
“Incentivisation in fleet taxation is there for the mid term, as we know BIK [rates] to 2025. It’s important to see that fiscal policy plans three years ahead to directly drive the fleet cycle. “Look at the near term: if between now and 2030, 10 million EVs are sold, by 2030 there will still be 30 million internal-combustion-engined cars on the road. So this isn’t an issue to be rushed. It’s one to be carefully considered and discussed and looked at over the next few years. The priority now is to make a consumer clear that an EV is the right choice in the near term.
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