As the UK Government’s target to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2030 continues to gather pace, so increasingly more car dealerships are making the move to selling electric vehicles (EVs).

To support this, there has been a big push to install EV charging infrastructure, with the government last year setting a minimum goal of around 300,000 public chargers in place by 2030.

As recently as February, the UK Government pledged £56 million for the installation of a further 2,400 charging points in a bid to speed up the transition, while charging companies have committed £6 billion towards their rollout, writes Alex Wright.

Dealers and manufacturers have been stepping up their efforts too, with the provision of EV hardware and services. Only last month (June), Stellantis announced the launch of its Free2Move Charge business, designed to help provide EV buyers with hardware, financing, ongoing support and easy access to public charging points.

In January, Mercedes-Benz outlined plans to build its own EV charging stations, similar to Tesla’s $1 billion Supercharger network. Further afield in the US, GM and Ford have both announced that they will engineer their EVs to be compatible with the Supercharger network.