UK comes joint third for EV take-up and preparedness

OSV’s new Electric Car Index rates countries in regards to their market share of new EV sales, the number of government incentives, and the number of charging points installed in the last 12 months.

France takes the top spot for its electric vehicle infrastructure efforts. The country installed more than a third more electric vehicle charging points (11,987) in the last year than anywhere else in the world. This is despite France having a 1.5% of the global market share of new electric car sales.

The index uses a variety of data to rank the top ten countries.

Norway takes second place, with its massive 34.7 per cent EV market share. Norway also offered buyers three different incentives to make the move to electric, which may have some correlation with the number of vehicles purchased.

Along with Switzerland, the UK has managed to take joint third place in OSV’s index, with two governmental incentives, 1.7% of the market share, and 2,833 new charging points installed in the last year. Switzerland’s figures are made up of: 2% market share, two incentives and 2,716 new charging points.

The full list is below:

1 France

2 Norway

3 Switzerland

3 UK

4Germany

5 Sweden

6 Belgium

7 US

8 Finland

9 Canada