Vauxhall launched the Electric Streets of Britain campaign in August 2023, inviting drivers to log their need for on-street electric vehicle charging through a national database at electricstreets.co.uk1. The campaign was introduced with particular consideration for the 40% of UK households who do not have a driveway1.
Registrations made through the database are shared with Vauxhall's campaign partners, char.gy, Connected Kerb and SureCharge, and local councils can access the requests through the online NEVIS service to help them identify the charging solutions required for their residents1. By September 2025, over 12,500 streets across the UK had been registered as needing on-street charging installed near them since the campaign first launched1.
Research by Vauxhall and Cenex published in September 2025 found that 22.9% of UK households needing electric vehicle infrastructure were within a four-minute walk of a near home charger, up from 19.6% in 2024, a rise of 3.3 percentage points equivalent to 300,000 more households with access compared with August 20241. The same research estimated that infrastructure supply was one and a half years ahead of demand, but that around 110,000 more near home charge points are needed in the right places to meet projected electric vehicle demand by 20301. It also found that only two-thirds of the additional infrastructure required to keep up with electric vehicles was deployed in the past 12 months1.
Coverage changes varied by local authority between August 2024 and August 20251:
| Local authority | Region | Coverage August 2024 (%) | Coverage August 2025 (%) | Change (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isles of Scilly | South & East | 0.0 | 65.9 | 65.9 |
| Redbridge | London | 21.6 | 60.7 | 39.1 |
| Middlesbrough | North & Yorks | 6.9 | 35.9 | 29.0 |
| Wrexham | Wales | 2.1 | 28.2 | 26.1 |
| Newham | London | 44.3 | 68.9 | 24.7 |
Vauxhall's Freedom of Information research, issued to 414 councils across the United Kingdom between May and July 2025, found that the number of councils with a dedicated policy officer for EV charging rose from 31% in 2023 to 51% in 2025, while 44% of councils said they had installed at least one on-street charger by August 2025 compared with 31% in 20231. Figures from Zapmap cited in the same update show public charge points across UK roads rising from 53,865 at the end of 2023 to over 84,000, an increase of more than 50%, with 30% of those chargers found in London alone1.
Steve Catlin, Managing Director of Vauxhall, said:
"While the ongoing rise in councils who have policy officers dedicated to overseeing charging is encouraging, the 12,500 registrations we have received to Electric Streets shows there is no silver bullet to provide a quick fix for drivers."
Why it matters for households
For households without a driveway, charging at home depends on infrastructure installed on the street rather than on their own property, and the campaign's database is one route by which that demand is recorded and passed to councils and operators1. The coverage figures indicate that access is uneven: 243 councils across Great Britain were reported to have low coverage of accessible chargers relative to the number of electric vehicles in the area, and rural areas, especially in Wales, Scotland and the East, were shown to lag behind the rest of Britain on motorway charging access1. Where a home has off-street parking, charging costs and arrangements differ from public charging; the ev-charging hub sets out the main distinctions, including why public charging carries a higher VAT rate than charging at home1.
What happens next
England's LEVI Fund and Scotland's Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund estimate that at least 106,000 chargers will be deployed between them1. Vauxhall's registration database remains open for drivers to record the need for on-street charging near them1.