The UK expects to ban the sale of conventional fuel vehicles (diesel locomotives) by 2030. To meet the rapid growth of electric vehicle sales in the foreseeable future, the UK government has committed to an additional 20 million pounds of subsidies for the construction of street charging piles, which is expected to eventually build 8,000 public street charging piles.

The sale of gasoline vehicles will be banned in 2030 and gasoline trolleys in 2035

In late November 2020, the British government announced a ban on the sale of gasoline-powered vehicles from 2030 and even a ban on the sale of gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles by 2035, five years earlier than the previous plan; The charging rate of household electric vehicles in China is only 40%, which means that nearly 60% of consumers cannot build their own charging piles at home. Therefore, the importance of public street charging facilities is particularly important.

The UK government announced that the new £20 million subsidy will be used for the existing "On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme" scheme, which has subsidized the construction of about 4,000 street charging piles in the UK. It is expected that 4,000 new ones will be added in the future, and eventually 8,000 public street charging piles will be provided.

As of July 2020, there are 18,265 public charging piles (including streets) in the UK.

With the clarity of the electric vehicle policy, the proportion of UK consumers buying electric or hybrid vehicles has also risen rapidly. In 2020, electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles accounted for 10% of the total new car market, while the UK government expects the proportion of new energy vehicles to increase rapidly in the next few years. However, according to statistics from relevant groups in the UK, there are currently only 0.28 public charging piles per electric vehicle in the UK, and this proportion has been declining. How to solve the huge charging demand for electric vehicles is believed to be a problem that governments must pay attention to.