Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on installing six high powered, open access charge-points at each motorway service station by the end of 2023.
Around 96 per cent of motorway service areas (MSAs) now have charging available. When the aim was announced, there were only 4 ultra-rapid (150kw+) chargepoints across MSAs in England. There are now more than 260 ultra-rapid chargepoints, and more than 480 open-access (can be used with any electric vehicle) rapid (50kW) and ultra-rapid chargepoints at MSAs in total.
The Department will collect data from motorway service operators early in the New Year on how many chargepoints had been installed by MSAs by the end of 2023.