The required public electric vehicle charger population in Scotland under different future scenarios

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Davies, Kathleen and Hart, Edward John (2025) The required public electric vehicle charger population in Scotland under different future scenarios. npj Sustainable Mobility and Transport, 2. 44. ISSN 3004-8664 (https://doi.org/10.1038/s44333-025-00059-z)

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Abstract

This paper estimates the required public electric vehicle (EV) charger population in Scotland under different 2030 scenarios to evaluate government targets. A trilemma is identified between the total population, technology and geographic accessibility of public chargers, including an exponential increase in required chargers as accessible-distance decreases. Results indicate government targets remain sufficient but strongly dependent on policy interventions (including the EV transition and car-use reduction) and the characterisation of ‘accessible’.

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Davies, Kathleen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2145-9910 and Hart, Edward John ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2322-4520;
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