Zapmap, the charge point mapping service, has today confirmed that the country has passed the significant milestone of 10,000 rapid and ultra-rapid electric vehicle charging points.

According to the new data from Zapmap, the 10,000th charge point was a rapid device installed at Sedbergh Leisure Centre in Bradford, and is part of the GeniePoint charging network. The new figures show that there are now over 10,000 rapid and ultra-rapid charging devices installed across 5,000 UK charging locations. These form the higher-powered end of the country’s public charging network.

Furthermore, Zapmap’s latest statistics indicate that the overall rate of charge point installation is also accelerating. At the end of 2020, the 788 devices in the UK of 100kW or more accounted for 20 per cent of the country’s high-powered chargers, in November 2022, the overall growth of the UK’s public network stood at 34 per cent year on year. A year later, however, that figure has risen to 45 per cent overall, as of November 2023.

An example of this is the £3.8m power upgrade by UK Power Networks that has enabled energisation of 12 new ultra-rapid charge points at Extra’s Cobham Motorway Service Area (MSA), between J9 and J10 of the M25. The project was funded by UK Power Networks’ Green Recovery programme, which is delivering low carbon energy projects across the South East, London and East of England, supporting Government’s ten point plan for the UK’s green industrial revolution.

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