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<\/p>\nA DRIVER endured a disastrous attempt to drive an electric vehicle 280 miles across the UK.<\/p>\n
The driver said the trip from Essex to the North East took 16 hours.<\/p>\n
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Pezeditz, who posted the video, said that a lack of charging points on the route was the main reason the journey took him so long.<\/p>\n
The driver, who headed to Darlington, said that he kept the electric vehicle at a steady 50mph to get the most mileage. But the drive still took him two days on the road. <\/p>\n
He said that many of the charging points on the route across the country were not suitable and he had to stay on the road looking for better chargers.<\/p>\n
Charging points for electric vehicles (EVs) have begun to expand across the country over the past year as the UK moves toward a total ban on the sale of new diesel and petrol cars. <\/p>\n
As of July this year, there were 44,020 charging spaces across the UK, compared to just 24,374 in July 2021.<\/p>\n
However there are disparities across the UK, and now a new map has revealed the places with the fewest charging points for battery powered vehicles, reports the Express. <\/p>\n
According to the latest data from the Department for Transport and ZapMap, the Isles of Scilly is the only part of the UK with zero public charging devices.<\/p>\n
However the local authority in charge of the island has refuted the findings, claiming there are 24 charging points in place.<\/p>\n
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