New Q1 analysis of EV charger growth in the UK

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Hello and welcome back to The Fast Charge, a British EV newsletter.

In today’s edition… the UK has a record quarter for EV charger activations, but with growing numbers of EVs on the road, the pressure is on for public devices.

Elsewhere below… the UK and EU are talking about battery materials at an official level, as carmakers worry about incoming rules of origin changes. And, apparently, EVs are now going to collapse bridges as well as car parks *eye roll*.

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Biggest quarter for EV charging in the UK

Summary: Last Thursday the government published its latest quarterly statistics for EV chargers in the UK – which goes up to the end of March 2023. The headline figure is that, as previously estimated, the nation now officially has more than 40,000 devices – or 40,150 to be precise. Of this total, some 7,647 are rapid chargers. See here.

Breakdown… Compared to the s…