Number of electric vehicle charging stations in the UK 2011-2021, by type

Charging stations supplying normal charge under or equal to 22 kilowatts were the most numerous charging type found across the United Kingdom in 2021. There were approximately 28,200 such stations in the country that year, up from about 27,200 the previous year. In contrast, Combined Charging Systems (CCS) were the leading fast charging stations.A necessary element to modern infrastructure, the availability of electric energy supplying outlets is paramount to the continued success of electric vehicles in a world looking to turn away from fossil fuels.Total number of charging stationsIn total, 10,616 charging locations for electric vehicles were spread out across the United Kingdom by January 2020. Figures steadily increased between March 2018 and January 2020, with the greatest single jump recorded between February and March 2019. This might be related to the general performance of car sales in September 2020. As it is one of only two months a year when the Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency releases new registration plate numbers, car sales tend to reach their annual peak in that month. With officials looking to provide the best possible infrastructure to drivers in the country, the distribution of more charging stations seems natural.EVSE’s worldwideGlobally, China provided the greatest number of publicly available electric vehicle chargers (EVSE’s) in 2020. Some 807,000 such outlets were in use. This was over eight times the amount recorded by the second entry – the United States. Of European countries, most EVSE’s were found in the Netherlands.

在2021年，英国境内供应正常充电功率（不超过22千瓦）的充电站数量最为众多。当年，此类充电站的数量约为28,200座，较上一年增长约1,000座。相比之下，综合充电系统（CCS）是领先的快速充电站。在现代基础设施中，供电接口的可用性对于电动汽车在寻求远离化石燃料的世界中持续成功至关重要。截至2020年1月，英国共有10,616个电动汽车充电地点，分布在各地。从2018年3月至2020年1月，充电站点数量稳步增长，其中2019年2月至3月间记录了最大单月增幅。这可能与2020年9月汽车销售的整体表现有关。由于这是驾驶员与车辆牌照管理局每年仅两次发布新注册车牌号码的月份之一，因此汽车销量往往在该月达到年度峰值。鉴于官员们致力于为全国驾驶员提供最佳基础设施，增加更多充电站似乎是一种自然趋势。在全球范围内，中国2020年提供的公共电动汽车充电器（EVSE）数量最多，约807,000个充电接口正在使用中。这一数字是排名第二的美国记录的八倍以上。在欧洲国家中，荷兰拥有最多的EVSE充电器。