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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-02T15:46:27.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nThe national uptake of electric vehicles has grown massively in recent years, with drivers in rural areas transitioning away from petrol and diesel vehicles.\n\nNew research has found that adoption in England is now \"broad-based\" across almost all deprivation levels, showing that drivers are rarely being held back by high prices.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe transition has moved beyond affluent early adopters and towards a national spread of uptake from motorists who want to switch to an electric car.\n\nThe data compares the percentage of electric cars on the road with levels of deprivation, which is measured through the Index of Multiple Deprivation.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nEarlier in the decade, the least deprived areas had the highest concentration of electric vehicles, with richer households being able to buy and lease EVs more easily than others.\n\nBetween 2021 and 2022, the uptake of electric vehicles was \"heavily concentrated\" in the least deprived half of the country, according to char.gy.\n\nDespite this, new research demonstrates that only the 10 per cent most deprived areas of England are showing slower progress of electric vehicle uptake.\n\nThe analysis noted that these areas can face some of the highest levels of poverty, social challenges and ill health in the country, impacting the ability of these groups to buy an EV.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nJohn Lewis, CEO of char.gy, said: \"EV adoption started in wealthier areas, but what’s encouraging is how that's changing.\n\n\"While growth in 2021-22 was largely confined to more affluent communities, [but] by 2025, uptake has become much broader. That shows the transition is moving beyond early adopters.\n\n\"The focus now must be on ensuring those most disadvantaged communities aren't left behind by expanding reliable, affordable on-street charging where it's needed most.\"\n\nThe research identified the crucial role that on-street charging plays in helping drivers have confidence in electric vehicles, even if they don't have a driveway.\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * Motorists face driving test crackdown as Britons demand court action and lifetime bans\n  * Petrol and diesel drivers warned of fuel station 'queues' as Iran conflict causes 'oil crisis' - 'Fill up now!'\n  * Thousands of HGVs could be taken off roads under new rail plans aimed at reducing congestion\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nAccording to data from Zapmap, there are more than 116,000 chargers across the country, in addition to more than one million chargers installed at homes and workplaces.\n\nPopular chargepoint operators, including char.gy, have thousands of chargers installed up and down the country to meet existing demand and encourage others to ditch their petrol and diesel cars.\n\nBen Nelmes, CEO of New AutoMotive, praised the new data, saying that drivers were becoming increasingly more interested in electric vehicles.\n\n\"The data is clear that motorists the length and breadth of the country are now going electric as the second-hand market booms and more affordable models become available in the new market,\" he added.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe char.gy report stated that on-street charging was becoming more critical in helping EV adoption become more equitable, especially in lower-income urban areas.\n\nIt said that \"continued targeted investment\" would help expand the spread of EV chargers and ensure that the final stages of the transition are \"fair and inclusive\".\n\nThis was echoed by Tanya Sinclair, CEO of Electric Vehicles UK, who noted that there are already two million plug-in vehicles on the road.\n\nShe emphasised that it was crucial for these drivers to have \"accessible, reliable, and available\" chargers wherever they need them.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards:The GB News Editorial Charter **",
  "title": "Electric car revolution in full swing as EV uptake moves past 'wealthy early adopters'"
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