Lack of EV chargepoints leaves SMEs stuck in the slow lane

A postcode lottery in car chargepoints could hamper the government’s levelling up agenda as infrastructure shortages slow down small and medium-sized businesses’ ability to switch to electric fleets, research suggests.

Some 720,000 electric vehicles (EVs) are now on UK roads, around 60% of which are company registered. However, a wide geographical disparity in publicly available chargers could prevent SMEs from making the switch, potentially missing out on significant savings,...