Broken EV chargers: which cities have the most faulty electric vehicle charging points

More than a fifth of electric vehicle charging points are out of action in some UK cities, according to new data.

As EV uptake accelerates around the country, concerns remain around the number and reliability of public charging stations. Now, new figures obtained from mapping service Zap-Map show broad differences in the proportion of working chargers in different locations.

While some towns and cities enjoy faultless charger coverage, in Derry/Londonderry 30% of its chargers were found to not be working - the worst proportion of any city surveyed. Behind it was Worcester, where 23% of all public charging devices were out of action, just ahead of Ipswich with a 22.7% failure rate.

The data, obtained by The Solar Centre, shows that across UK cities excluding London, an average of 10.6% of chargers were identified as out of service in February, equivalent to almost 4,000 faulty devices.

Behind the top three on the list of worst performing locations were Newcastle and York, with 21.4% and 21.2% of chargers out of action respectively.

Completing the top 10, Huddersfield, Southend-on-Sea, Maidstone, Blackburn and Hereford all had fault rates of between 18% and 21%.