THE BRITISH cities with the worst availability and speed of electric vehicle charging have been revealed in new research. Researchers looked at the number of charging points per 10,000 people within a five mile radius of city centres. Ripon was the city with the highest number of chargers per 100,000 at 63.1 - far ahead of second placed Salisbury at 43.7. Leicester is the city found to have the slowest EV charging times - taking an average of 8.25 hours to get to half charge. Their report adds: "Making the switch to an electric vehicle (EV) should be an exciting step towards greener, more sustainable driving.

Source: The Times June 02, 2025 00:59 UTC