The paper, Electric Vehicles: Moving from early adopters to mainstream buyers, found that many potential EV buyers have no access to the convenience of chargers at home or nearby, and this is hindering take-up. In fact, 67 per cent of current EV drivers who responded to the company’s survey would not have bought an EV if they did not have access to overnight charging. Of those who could not charge where they parked, more than nine in ten said they would if they could.

Additionally, it found that 64 per cent of EV owners do the majority of their charging overnight, with a few more doing it at other times at home. Only 11 per cent charge at public rapid chargers, five per cent at ultra-fast chargers, and five per cent at work, mostly those who do not have a place to charge on their property.

Nearly nine in ten of non-EV owners claimed that they would be encouraged to make their next car purchase an EV if they had access to a space – at home or work – where they could charge.

Chris Pateman-Jones, CEO of Connected Kerb, said: “This shows that EV drivers charge at home if they possibly can. They use public chargers only when their preferred option is not available. They do not think like petrol vehicle owners, going to a fixed location to ‘fill it up’ – once people buy an EV their mindset quickly switches to wanting their car to charge whilst it is parked, so that it is charged when they get in.”