Electric chargepoints outnumber fuel pumps in UK, says Nissan

There are now almost 1,000 more public places to charge electric vehicles (EVs) than there are forecourts to pump petrol in the UK, carmaker Nissan reports.

Britain’s first fuel station opened in November 1919 at Aldermaston in Berkshire. In less than a century, the number of forecourts has peaked, declined and been overtaken by EV charging stations.

There are 9,300 EV charging locations compared to 8,400 fuel stations across the country. The crossover happened more than a year before...

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