UK EV Charging Trends
Public charger growth and charging price history across 34 major UK towns, sampled nightly from Open Charge Map.
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UK average · Median price
Weighted by priced hubs across 9 regions · nightly
Regional breakdown today · Median price
Sorted ascending · Δ column compares against the sample from 30 days ago.
Regional trends · last 90d
Town deep-dive · Median price
Hubs within 8 miles of London. Live charger listings: EV finder page
How this works
- Every night at 05:00 UTC we poll Open Charge Map around each of the 34 tracked towns and cities (8-mile radius) and record what we find.
- We track how many chargers exist in each power band: Fast (22kW+), Rapid (50kW+) and Ultra (150kW+), plus the connector mix across CCS, Type 2, CHAdeMO and Tesla.
- Where operators publish a tariff we also record the median price per kWh. Coverage depends on operator data, so pricing charts show sample counts alongside the trend.
- Free chargers are counted separately from priced ones and never mixed into the price median.
- Each charger is attributed to its nearest tracked town centre, so regional rollups never double-count a site. Town history compacts to weekly resolution after two years; regional series are kept forever.
Charger data from Open Charge Map (Open Database Licence). Tariff figures depend on operator submissions.
Frequently Asked Questions
Each night we read the tariffs Open Charge Map publishes for every hub we track and convert them to pence per kWh. We take the median across hubs that list a price; free chargers are counted separately and excluded from the median. Operators that publish no tariff simply don't contribute to that day's figure.
Open Charge Map, the UK's community-maintained public charging database. Counts reflect what is registered there, which tracks the official rollout closely but can lag new sites by a few weeks.
Public pricing data is still patchy: many hubs list no tariff at all. Infrastructure growth is complete for every town from day one, which makes it the more reliable trend while tariff coverage improves.
We use the charger's maximum power output: 22-49kW is fast, 50-149kW is rapid, and 150kW or above is ultra-rapid. Where a hub offers multiple connectors we use its highest rating.
We track the same 34 towns as our fuel price history. Pick the closest one to see how local charging infrastructure and prices have moved.