Study: More than half of councils unable to monitor whether EV chargers are working

Stuart Stone
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The number of public EV chargers more than doubled between 2022 and 2023, but over half of councils are in the dark over reliability

The UK's electric vehicle charging network is growing rapidly and investment in the network is increasing fast, but concerns over charger reliability remains with over half of local authorities unable...

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