Electric vehicle drivers are reportedly getting into furious debates with each other because of a lack of charging points, with some even vowing to give their EVs back.
Some drivers are even claiming they need to wake up in the middle of the night to charge their vehicle when demand for chargers is at a lower rate. [emphasis, links added]
Experts have been critical of the spread of electric car charging stations around the country, with London and the South East of England having almost half of all UK chargers.
Some are concerned that the North of England, as well as Wales and Northern Ireland, are being left behind with the charging infrastructure.
The latest charging data from Zapmap shows there are 48,450 devices across more than 29,000 locations around the UK.
Around 2,700 EV charging devices were added last month, with many experts hoping to hit the 50,000 charger landmark this month.
Chargers in Greater London and the South East make up around 45.9 percent of all chargers across the UK.
Despite this, there has been a rising number of electric vehicle drivers engaging in “charge rage”, which has led to one motorway service station needing to introduce marshals to suppress any anger.
Ken McMeikan, chief executive of Moto, said people were “very angry and stressed” because of long waits at EV charging stations.
One frustrated, Ray Lee, motorist said: “Sometimes I get up at 4 am or 5 am just to charge the car, because I know it would be busy in the day.”
The 72-year-old added that he was fed up with electric vehicles, saying he would be giving his second EV – an MG – back to the dealership.
He said: “I am giving it back next week because of the stress. I will go back to my diesel car because it’s easier,” he told MailOnline.
While there are around 400,000 electric vehicle chargers at homes and workplaces, many do not have access to charging on their street.
When parking overnight, drivers would ideally plug in and wake up to see their car fully charged, but now some motorists are waking up in the middle of the night to charge at motorway services.
Ray Lee, an Uber driver from Essex, said he would wake up in the middle of the night to avoid the long queues at the start of the day.
The father-of-four continued, saying: “There aren’t enough charging points. …
He also claimed that the charging points were sometimes out of service and once waited from 7:30 p.m. until 4:30 a.m. just to charge his car.
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EVs, like all substitutes dependent on non fossil fuels, are foreign made expensive, dud, and not even green taking account of manufacturing, transport and installation.
As bad as net zero is a self inflicted, by politicos, disaster.
Ditch Biden November 2024 send this Blockhead back to his Basement to stay
Of course, with EVs, you are not supposed to leave them unattended while charging and park 50 feet way from structures and other cars, in case of a battery fire. What an improvement over real (gasoline) cars. Yeah. ICE vehicles can “recharge” in minutes and be safely parked on the street.
It is amazing to watch how much disruption some people willi inflict onto their lives, all in the name of climate change. Years ago, a car could travel from Canberra to Sydney and need to fill with (gasoline) for the return trip. Today, gas cars can do the round trip no problems. Now we have BV’s (yes, battery cars) many of which need recharging BEFORE they reach Sydney, but for some people (especially those from Canbera) that is okay.