Two-thirds of electric car charging points in Kingston were used for less than a minute a day last winter.
Only seven of the 21 charging points in the borough saw enough use to be included in recent statistics. Most-used were plugs in St James’ Road, at Currie Motors by the Coombe Lane flyover, and at Asda in Kingston. Drivers in St Mark’s Hill, Surbiton, plugged in for an average of 34 minutes a day between September 1 and December 31, last year. Liberal Democrat London Assembly member Stephen Knight said if taxis and buses were converted to electric, creating demand for plugs, consumers would follow.
The charging points were installed from 2011 as part of the Mayor’s Source London scheme.
The most-used charging points, in average minutes per day:
- St James’ Road: 46 mins
- Asda, Kingston: 46 mins
- Currie Motors, Kingston: 37 mins
- St Mark’s Hill: 34 mins
- Hook Road car park: 3 mins
- Cattle Market car park: 1 min
- Asda, Roehampton: 1 min
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