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<p>Of the £2.5 billion of Government funding committed to the Electric Vehicle (EV)
transition since 2020, £1.6 billion will be invested into accelerating the roll-out
of charging infrastructure, targeting support on rapid chargepoints on motorways and
major A roads to assuage any anxiety around long journeys, and installing more on-street
chargepoints near homes and workplaces to make charging reliable and easy.</p><p>
</p><p>In the spring we published our electric vehicle infrastructure strategy, which
defines our vision for the continued roll-out of a world-leading network. The strategy
laid out our commitments to make EV charging cheaper and more convenient than refuelling
at a petrol station right across the country.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport
monitors the progress of the installation of chargepoints and publishes data, broken
down to local authority areas, on a quarterly basis, the latest of which was as at
1<sup>st</sup> July 2022. Government will continue to monitor market developments
to determine whether any significant gaps in charging infrastructure provision emerge
in the medium term and whether there may be a case for direct central government support
in areas of market failure, which may include rural areas.</p>
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