Northern Ireland has the lowest rates of public charging devices for electric vehicles in the UK
A growing number of people in Northern Ireland would consider buying an electric vehicle , a survey has found.
He said he could not consider going fully electric as he believes "we're not even close" to having the infrastructure needed in Northern Ireland."Chargers are quite far apart, dispersed. It's not that you can go somewhere and find there's 20 available."If you are doing a longer journey, you do have to plan where you can go to get a charger. People are sometimes waiting an hour just to get one.
He owns a fully-electric car but after struggling to find public charging points, he said he would not make the trip again in that car.In his search for charge points in preparation for the return journey, he said some were broken and others had cars parked there for long periods of time. "ESB's charging network is exposed to price changes in the wholesale energy market and as such, we keep our operational costs under constant review," it said."There's a divide now between those that can charge at home and those who can't," Mr McCall said."If you have to always charge in a public charge point, it can be much more money."
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