There is now one for every 30 EVs compared with 16 at the start of 2020 Ben Clatworthy, Transport Correspondent Wednesday January 25 2023, 7.45pm, The Times Fewer than 9,000 public electric vehicle charging devices were installed in the UK last year. Ministers are set to miss their target of installing 300,000 new electric car chargers by 2030 by 20 years, opposition leaders have claimed.