As the holiday season gets closer, the best places to holiday in the UK for EV (Electric Vehicle) drivers have been revealed, with the Isle of Wight in 14th place.
EV charging platform Monta have reviewed the hotspots of EV chargepoint availability, with the Isle of Wight coming out at 14th place in the league table for accommodation prioritizing EV charging in the UK with 3.51% of hotels and Airbnbs having EV charge points.
YouGov research commissioned by electric vehicle (EV) charging platform Monta has revealed that 57% of UK drivers would prioritise an EV charger when booking their holiday accommodation. However further analysis by Monta has revealed that charger availability at hotels and holiday rental accommodation across the UK is woefully lacking.
Regionally, Scotland’s hotels and Airbnbs are leading the charge ahead of England, Wales and Northern Ireland. 2.5% of Scotland’s hotels have charge points, with England coming in second with 2.2%.
More and more consumers are buying electric or hybrid vehicles. According to Zapmap, as of the end of May 2023, there are now over 780,000 fully electric cars on UK roads and a further 500,000 plug-in hybrids.
Alok Dubey, UK country manager at Monta, said:
“As the demand for eco-friendly travel rises, UK hotels and Airbnbs are recognising the importance of offering reliable charging infrastructure, ensuring convenience and peace of mind for environmentally conscious guests.”
“However, statistics show there’s still a long way to go to make accommodation electric vehicle friendly, with only around 2% of hotels and Airbnbs across the UK offering charge points on site.”
Article continues below this advertisement “As much as it is encouraging to see hotels and Airbnbs starting to provide electric vehicle charging points, hotel and Airbnb owners should now be prioritising and installing charge points as a standard to ensure electric vehicles drivers are choosing their accommodation over competitors.”
“The Isle of Wight is a great location to visit as an EV driver, with the average EV being able to commute across the Island 10 times before needing a charge. Hoteliers and accommodation owners have done a fantastic job of providing EV infrastructure for climate conscious tourists”
I feel really sorry for the fools duped into buying electric cars, just wait and see, the electric revolution will never happen, the depreciation of the value of these cars will be unreal, the EV second hand car market won’t exist, I’ll be sticking to my dirty dinosaur juice as will the majority of sensible people.
I have had a fully electric car now for well over a year and really don’t feel a fool at all and I was certainly not duped into buying one as you suggest. I had solar panels fitted and at the same time had an electric car charger fitted at a vastly reduced price. The vehicle is absolutely perfect for the island as I can travel around the island all day and when I come home charge it up with the sunshine which I get free. I traveled to Plymouth just recently and it didn’t cost me a penny to get there as all I used was sunshine, charging up to return home was £14.57p Fool! I don’t think so.
What’s wrong is people like you can afford this,why richer people get for free yet hard working can hardly afford food after mortgage costs etc . Money goes to money. When EV car’s become available to ordinary working class maybe, people don’t have ten’s of thousands of can lease at £600 month. However EV fuel might be free but you have paid for in getting car in 1st place,you have to do thousands of miles before quids in. Next few years when these car’s are scrap in 5yrs compared to conventional being around 15yrs we will see.
What’s wrong with people like me, I ask? That sounds rather insulting. Let me set the record straight! I am and always have been ordinary working class, I don’t have tens of thousands of pounds to lease at £600 pounds a month, I purchased my car outright for approximately £32,000 which is less than some of the BMW’s, Mercedes or even Land Rovers (they are commonly known as gas’s guzzlers ) which pollute the air that you breath, assuming that you do breathe! Most people do spend money on a car and spend enormous amounts of money on fuel which ever type they use and in maintaining the vehicle, that is my choice!! The car that I drive has a warranty for more than five years and the battery has a warranty of ten years.
Tim, personally I think your mad, you’ve spent 32grand on a car that’s going to be worthless once your battery warranty nears its end as no one will touch it with a barge pole, you have also spent likely 30grand on solar panels, 3x batteries, and god knows what else to charge your car. I think you have fallen into the green agenda deep! A diesel BMW could easily do quarter of a million miles with maintenance, your BMWs batteries will be near on useless by the time you reach 100 thousand and will be ready for the scrappy
How many solar panels do you have?
I have 9 at 231w each and on a dull day i strugle to pull in more than 300w and around 6 amps. Using a 60amp mppt charger controller and 6000w inverter. Not alot really to change anything.
Would be good to know how your panels are doing
12 Panels, 4.4kw, Solaris Converter 370w Eddie for heating hot water, Three Batteries, Zappi for car charging. I find that’s enough to run my Bungalow on and keep my car charged up. I don’t use my car every day to drain the battery therefore I am able to trickle charge when required to top it up!
Tim how much have you spent on all this including buying your car?
Not that much really, just a few weeks wage
Tim and Pops, I have to say that I don’t like EVs, I DO like solar panels and I like your informed discussion about the wattages and specifications involved.
Well billy for you Mr Eco Warrior !
Do you still fly as well
Problem is, it costs more to bring the car over on the ferry than it does to buy a new car! Better off going to Spain.
It does if you purchsse vehicles on the Island
Rip off Dealers
I have said before that charging points will never match the demand expected by our government.. The majority of homes can NOT accommodate a charging point without running a cable across the pavement, which is illegal, and those with the room on the drive or in the garage have to spend a huge amount of outlay for the infrastructure. I already have to step over two areas where cables have been laid across the pavement and watched as pushchairs were taken onto the road to bypass the obstructions. Electric is not a viable option, it never was and never can be.. and don’t get me started on how some battery components are collected!
The W E F plan is to get vehicles off the roads by 2030,
hence not many charging points being installed in the world.
They don’t want people driving.
Pavements are for parking cars, not charging cars!
The ridiculous ferry fares will make holiday makers think twice about bringing their cars over which is probably a good thing truth be told. The Islands roads are in a poor state, there are already too many cars (and drink/drug drivers) on them & parking is horrendous. We want to be “The Green Isle” so we need to sort out our infrastructure & get a decent public transportation system in place rather than encouraging people to bring even more cars over.
I love the Island this is constructive criticism as with a little effort it could be an even better place to live/visit.
Whats this WE WANT TO BE GREEN speak for your self. I definitely don’t fancy lugging my plumbing gear on a bus to every job i do
Could not have said it better myself
How long before the ferry companies charge more for transporting EV’s…
I appreciate it is “mate down the pub” chat but a friend who works at Wightlink on boarding and loading says they already space out the Ev’s on board so as not to load them in one place owing to the excessive weight.
I bet it wont be long before they can use this to get a few extra quid per crossing.
The Gross weight of a Range Rover Evoque 2.0 TD4SE 5 Door is 2,370kg/2,662kg. The car that I drive is a Hyundai Ioniq EV 1,880kg therefore 782kg lighter than the Range Rover. I have never seen Wightlink having problems loading large SUV’s
Really, where did you get your information?
Parkers show the R-Rover Evoque kerb weight as 1735kg making your slimmed down EV a porky 145kg heavier.
But according to various apps 50% of the islands chargers aren’t even working. Even the car dealers will tell you that.
What does work on the Island
2030 WEF website masterplan states, it intends to get 98% of ICE cars off the roads by 2035 using legislation worldwide, Rishi Rich and the probable next PM smarmy Starmer are both signed up WEF club members. London ULEZ expansion zone goes live next month, will probably end up getting cancelled, replaced with £1.50 a mile road pricing. London to Ventnor is approximately 100 miles x £1.50 = £300 road pricing plus EV charging and ferry costs, means only the rich few will come to the IOW in the future, not many EV tourists?
You will be happy & own nothing! Klaus Schwab