Number of supermarket EV chargers doubles in two years

The number of electric motor vehicle charge points at supermarkets has doubled in two several years, new details reveals.

Supermarkets throughout the Uk installed 542 electric motor vehicle charging points involving October 2017 and the finish of 2019, bringing the whole number of chargers to one,115 throughout 608 websites, and representing a 95 for each cent raise over the period.

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The details, compiled by Zap-Map and analysed by the RAC, demonstrates 6.five for each cent of all electric motor vehicle charge points in the Uk are now situated at supermarkets, with five for each cent of the UK’s eleven,979 supermarkets catering to electric motor vehicle motorists.

In the two-year period, 313 retailers included chargers with, on ordinary, two charging units installed for each site. Buyers shell out an ordinary of forty five minutes in the supermarket, which the RAC and Zap-Map say is “a much more than affordable volume of time to top up an electric car”.

Drivers can charge their electric autos 122 of ASDA’s 633 branches, supplying them the finest proportion, with 19 for each cent of retailers featuring at the very least one charger. Morrisons features chargers at 89 of its 494 retailers, which equates to eighteen for each cent. Sainsbury’s, in the meantime, has 139 chargers. 

When Tesco only has electric motor vehicle chargers at 4 for each cent of its branches, this represents 149 retailers, indicating it has the finest number of locations with charging amenities. Tesco also has the best number of particular person charge points, at 281.

The RAC also highlights that a number of chains – including Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Iceland and Co-op – have significant figures of retailers in city and city centres without the need of motor vehicle parks, appreciably skewing their proportions of charge points for each shop.

RAC spokesman Simon Williams commented: “It is really optimistic to see the supermarkets building it uncomplicated for motorists to go electric. Acquiring much more chargers that are commonly obtainable will help to speed up the transition from petrol and diesel autos to electric types.”

Melanie Shufflebotham, co-founder of Zap-Map, included: “With 89 for each cent of EV motorists using the availability of charge points into account when picking their parking, giving charging can be a genuine differentiator regionally in the aggressive supermarket sector.

“This seems to be recognised by some supermarkets, notably Tesco and Sainsbury’s, giving EV charging for free of charge.”

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