“The number of electric car charging points in the
UK could exceed the amount of petrol stations within the next four years”
Electric
car production is rising rapidly with every passing day and this has also
resulted in the rising numbers of charging stations across the UK. Car giant,
Nissan has carried out a research and the outcome of the research has shown
that Research the number of UK electric car chargers will overtake the number
of fuel stations in four years.
Records
from 2015 shows that there were just 8,472 fuel stations in the UK, down from
37,539 in 1970. Assuming a steady rate of decline, Nissan predicts that by August
2020 this will fall to under 7,870. If the numbers of petrol stations continue to decline at such rate, there’ll be no more than
7,870 petrol stations in the UK by 2020.
Nissan's
research also shows that 98 per cent of motorway services in the UK have
charging stations and there are only four gas stations left in London's
congestion charge zone as compared to 2011 where only a few hundred chargers were available and by 2016
it has grown to more than 4,100 in 2016 as electric car sales increased too. According
to Go Ultra Low, the joint government and car industry campaign, more than 115
electric cars were registered every day in the first quarter of 2016,
equivalent to one every 13 minutes. The campaign also believes electric power
could be the dominant form of propulsion for all new cars sold in the UK as
early as 2027, with more than 1.3m electric cars registered each year.
Nissan has shared that its
lab is looking to further develop its electric vehicles so as to increase its
number applications or uses which is said to include giving back to the
national grid - with the built-in batteries in being used to store electricity for
use in high-demand periods, in emergencies and generator back-ups.
What do you think about this
development? Is it for the best or should it be a thing of worry? Let us know
in the comment section below…
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