THE DISPARITY IN the number of EV chargers between the south of England and the rest of the country continues to grow, with the majority of the 20,612 new devices installed over the past year being in London.
During that time, the number of chargers (of all speeds) in the capital grew from 152 devices per 100,000 people to 234 per 100,000, figures from the Department for Transport (DfT) show.
That number is 154% higher than in the West Midlands, which was the second highest in the UK (92 per 100,000) and, apart from London, the fastest-growing region (from 59 per 100,000).
The north-east, which was the second-best-served area outside of London (63 per 100,000), now sits in fifth (72 per 100,000).
Yorkshire (56 per 100,000), the north-west (60 per…