Busiest days for EV charging during Easter holidays revealed

The days over the Easter holidays that are the busiest on the electric vehicle (EV) public charging network have been revealed by analysis from Allstar.

Looking at usage patterns for its network of more than 19,000 charge points, Easter is around a third busier for charge point usage than Christmas.

It also revealed that, according to figures looking at more than half a million charging events, the two busiest days for public charging in the lead-up to the holiday are today (Wednesday, March 27) and tomorrow (Thursday, March 28) before Good Friday.

Despite the concerns over long queues over the bank holiday, Good Friday, Saturday, Easter Sunday and bank holiday Monday saw around half as many charges compared to the days before and after.

Ashley Tate, MD of Allstar Chargepass, said: “Understanding how busy holiday periods get for charging is one of the new challenges for electric vehicle drivers.”

Easter Sunday was the quietest day for public charging of the entire two-week holiday period, with just over a third of the volume of charges of the Thursday before Good Friday.

However, Easter is far busier than the Christmas holidays when it comes to charging. Allstar’s figures show that for the 14-day festive period preceding last Easter, there were a third less plug-ins.

Even Christmas Eve, typically one of the busiest days on Britain’s roads, was quieter than every day over the Easter period for public charging.

In fact, the highest volume of charging over Christmas took place in the week before, and then remained at around half that level from the 24th right through to the New Year.

Easter, on the other hand, was back to typically high levels of usage on the Tuesday after Bank Holiday.