Powering up England’s motorways

RAC and Zapmap reveal 200 new 150kW+ chargers installed at motorway service areas in England since the beginning of the year

Some 200 additional 150kW+ electric vehicle chargers have been installed at motorway services in England since the beginning of 2024, a 51% increase over the last eight months and a new record for installation numbers, according to new analysis* carried out by Zapmap and the RAC.

This means almost half (48% – 55 sites) of the 114 motorway services in England now have six or more of these 150kW+ chargers, with many of these sites providing chargers that offer the very fastest speeds of up...