A new study has revealed that Sunderland is one of the best areas in the UK to own an electric car.
The study by car user-ship experts CarGuide.co.uk, analysed the number of electric car charging points on ZapMap and ONS data to establish which area in the UK with a population of more than 100,000, has the highest number of charging points per 100,000 population.
And the data found that Wearside ranks highly in terms of the number of charging points per 100,000 people, at 57.2 - landing the city by the sea in a respectable 8th place.
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Not only was Sunderland the only place across the North East to land itself in the coveted top ten, but it also bested major cities alike Liverpool, Manchester, Bristol, Leeds and Birmingham to name a few.
The data also found that Milton Keynes is the area in the UK with the highest number of charging points per 100,000 people, at 137.3.
This comes as a result of 371 total charging points in the area and a population of 270,203. The area also boasts the highest number of rapid charging devices at 121.
The second-best area in the UK to own an electric vehicle is Coventry which has 127.8 charging points per 100,000 people.
The area has a total of 485 charging points, significantly more than Milton Keynes, but with a population of 379,387, this means that the area provides slightly less accessibility to charging points than Milton Keynes.
Brighton ranks as the third best area to own an electric vehicle in the UK.
The Southern city has 117.9 charging devices per 100,000 people as a result of 344 public charging devices and a population of 291,738.
Brighton also has the third highest number of charging points at 344, just below Coventry and Milton Keynes.
Taking the fourth spot is London with 109.9 charging points per 100,000 and Dundee being the fifth best borough to own an electric vehicle with 87.4 charging devices per 100,000 people.
The worst area in the UK to own an electric car is revealed to be Bolton, which has the lowest number of accessible charging points per population with only 8.3 per 100,000 available.
With a total of 24 public charging devices across the area and a population of 288,248, Bolton is the area with the least access to charging points for electric vehicle owners.
Check out the full top ten list below, as well as the worst places to own an electric car across the whole of the UK.
The top ten best places for electric car owners in the UK:
Area |
Rank |
Number of charging points per 100,000 people |
Milton Keynes |
1 |
137.3 |
Coventry |
2 |
127.8 |
Brighton |
3 |
117.9 |
London |
4 |
109.9 |
Dundee |
5 |
87.4 |
Oxford |
6 |
71.2 |
Bedford |
7 |
60.1 |
Sunderland |
8 |
57.2 |
Nottingham |
9 |
56.7 |
Chesterfield |
10 |
56.2 |
The ten worst places for electric car owners in the UK:
Area |
Rank |
Number of charging points per 100,000 people |
Bolton |
1 |
8.3 |
Walsall |
2 |
8.4 |
Southend-on-Sea |
3 |
9.8 |
Dudley |
4 |
11.8 |
Stockport |
5 |
12.2 |
Wigan |
6 |
12.4 |
Oldham |
7 |
14.3 |
Stoke-on-Trent |
8 |
14.4 |
Belfast |
9 |
15.5 |
Blackpool |
10 |
15.9 |
