The UK’s electrical automobile charging infrastructure has seen important progress within the first half of 2025, in response to new statistics revealed by Zapmap. The newest figures present a 27% year-on-year improve in public cost level installations, with 8,670 new cost factors added between January and June.
The whole variety of public units now stands at 82,369 (110,486 connectors) throughout 40,479 places, with charging hubs and ultra-rapid units displaying the strongest charges of progress.
Excessive-powered hubs driving change
Charging hubs—outlined as places with six or extra fast or ultra-rapid chargers—are more and more central to the UK’s charging technique. Zapmap recorded 136 new hubs put in this 12 months, bringing the UK complete to 673. These hubs are designed to serve longer journeys with quicker charging speeds, enhanced facilities, and a concentrate on sustainability.
The variety of ultra-rapid chargers (150kW and above) rose by 1,598 in H1 2025, marking a 23% improve. For the primary time, ultra-rapid units now outnumber fast chargers within the UK.
Nationwide image exhibits regional momentum
Scotland and northern areas are main progress in high-powered infrastructure. Scotland alone noticed a 29% improve in high-powered units within the first six months of the 12 months, whereas the North West reported 21% progress. 9 of the UK’s 12 areas now host over 1,200 chargers rated at 50kW or above.
Decrease-powered chargers nonetheless kind the vast majority of the community—practically 80%—however the shift towards higher-speed public infrastructure is obvious and continues to speed up.
On-street charging gathers tempo past London
Whereas Better London stays the chief in on-street charging (20,490 units), the remainder of the UK noticed quicker progress, with a 25% improve within the first half of 2025 in comparison with London’s 11%. That is largely because of funding from the Native Electrical Car Infrastructure (LEVI) scheme and its predecessor, ORCS.
Initiatives underway embrace:
- 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 adjustments in charger varieties throughout the UK between June 2024 and June 2025:
| Energy Score | June 2024 | Dec 2024 | June 2025 | YOY Development (%) | YTD Development (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sluggish / Quick (<50kW) | 52,224 | 59,228 | 65,671 | 25.75% | 10.88% |
| Speedy (50–149kW) | 7,135 | 7,450 | 8,079 | 13.21% | 8.44% |
| Extremely Speedy (150kW+) | 5,416 | 7,021 | 8,619 | 59.14% | 22.76% |
| Charging Hubs | 386 | 537 | 673 | 74.35% | 25.33% |
| Complete | 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 sturdy progress in en-route charging and hubs… [They] assist instil confidence for drivers trying 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.”
Nevertheless, Learn additionally highlighted key challenges forward, calling on authorities to:
- Equalise VAT on public charging to five%;
- Tackle rising standing fees;
- Lengthen the Renewable Transport Gasoline Obligation to cowl EV charging.
