UK electric vehicle infrastructure strategy: policy paper

"This strategy sets out our vision and action plan for the rollout of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the UK, ahead of the phase out dates. We intend:
  • to end the sale of new petrol and diesel petrol and diesel vehicles by 2030
  • for all new cars and vans to be fully zero emission at the tailpipe by 2035"

25 march 2022 - policy paper published

31 March 2022- Numbers of battery electric vehicles updated from 340,000 to 450,000 to reflect March 2022 figures, on pages 16 and 25. Gridserve investment commitment corrected from £100 million to £1 billion on page 27.

Policy milestone details


Start date: 2022-3-25

Milestone source: Link to policy paper

Milestone type: Policy proposal/papers

Sector: Energy demand and use -

Organisation: Department for Transport

Subjects: Electric vehicles, Energy policy, Charge points