The UK’s electrical car charging infrastructure has seen important development within the first half of 2025, in keeping with new statistics revealed by Zapmap. The most recent figures present a 27% year-on-year enhance in public cost level installations, with 8,670 new cost factors added between January and June.
The entire variety of public units now stands at 82,369 (110,486 connectors) throughout 40,479 areas, with charging hubs and ultra-rapid units exhibiting the strongest charges of development.
Excessive-powered hubs driving change
Charging hubs—outlined as areas with six or extra speedy or ultra-rapid chargers—are more and more central to the UK’s charging technique. Zapmap recorded 136 new hubs put in this yr, bringing the UK whole to 673. These hubs are designed to serve longer journeys with sooner charging speeds, enhanced facilities, and a give attention to sustainability.
The variety of ultra-rapid chargers (150kW and above) rose by 1,598 in H1 2025, marking a 23% enhance. For the primary time, ultra-rapid units now outnumber speedy chargers within the UK.
Nationwide image reveals regional momentum
Scotland and northern areas are main development in high-powered infrastructure. Scotland alone noticed a 29% enhance in high-powered units within the first six months of the yr, whereas the North West reported 21% development. 9 of the UK’s 12 areas now host over 1,200 chargers rated at 50kW or above.
Decrease-powered chargers nonetheless type nearly all of the community—almost 80%—however the shift towards higher-speed public infrastructure is evident and continues to speed up.
On-street charging gathers tempo past London
Whereas Higher London stays the chief in on-street charging (20,490 units), the remainder of the UK noticed sooner development, with a 25% enhance within the first half of 2025 in comparison with London’s 11%. That is largely resulting from funding from the Native Electrical Automobile Infrastructure (LEVI) scheme and its predecessor, ORCS.
Tasks underway embody:
- 6,000+ on-street cost factors in Brighton and Suffolk respectively;
- 1,000 new on-street chargers in Barnet, 60% funded by ORCS.
These schemes are seen as vital to supporting the 40% of drivers with out off-street parking.
Installer exercise and infrastructure highlights
Among the many most notable installations in H1 2025:
- Osprey Charging delivered 24 x 300kW chargers in Merseyside and launched a 16-bay hub in Watford.
- Be.EV opened ultra-rapid hubs in Manchester and Haersley Commerce Park.
- Supply unveiled its first hub in Edinburgh.
- RAW Charging partnered with the Nationwide Belief to put in 16 chargers at Stourhead, Wiltshire.
Infrastructure breakdown
The desk beneath highlights modifications in charger varieties throughout the UK between June 2024 and June 2025:
| Energy Score | June 2024 | Dec 2024 | June 2025 | YOY Development (%) | YTD Development (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gradual / Quick (<50kW) | 52,224 | 59,228 | 65,671 | 25.75% | 10.88% |
| Fast (50–149kW) | 7,135 | 7,450 | 8,079 | 13.21% | 8.44% |
| Extremely Fast (150kW+) | 5,416 | 7,021 | 8,619 | 59.14% | 22.76% |
| Charging Hubs | 386 | 537 | 673 | 74.35% | 25.33% |
| Whole | 64,775 | 73,699 | 82,369 | 27.16% | 11.76% |
Trade response
Jade Edwards, Zapmap’s Head of Insights, famous the altering panorama: “We’re at all times happy to see robust development in en-route charging and hubs… [They] assist instil confidence for drivers seeking to make the swap.”
ChargeUK CEO Vicky Learn added: “The sector stays on observe for the Authorities’s ambition of 300,000 chargers by 2030.”
Nonetheless, Learn additionally highlighted key challenges forward, calling on authorities to:
- Equalise VAT on public charging to five%;
- Handle rising standing costs;
- Lengthen the Renewable Transport Gasoline Obligation to cowl EV charging.
