With EVs taking a record 19.6% share of car sales in the UK last year - in the process, making the UK the largest market in Europe for electric car sales - the pressure is on to accelerate the delivery of a nationwide charging point network to meet current and anticipated demand. However, while some progress is being made with approving planning applications and obtaining connections to the grid, most charge point operators complain about the difficulties they face in extending the network. A number of critical issues need to be addressed if the government's EV ambitions are to be realised.

As part of its well-established portfolio of high-level infrastructure events, which have always enjoyed government support, City & Financial Global is delighted to announce the next edition of the Annual EV Infrastructure Summit, which will be held in central London on 2 June 2025. The summit will provide a timely forum for discussion of the critical issues facing the industry.

Anthony Browne MP, Parliamentary Secretary of State, Department for Transport, Alec Peachey, Editorial Director, Transport + Energy, Dr Chris Pateman-Jones, Chief Executive Officer, Connected Kerb, Marc Palmer, Brand Director, Auto Trader, James Scott, Chief Executive Officer, EVA England, Toby Butler, Managing Director, Ubitricity UK, Keisha Moore, Senior Planning Officer, North Yorkshire Council,  Lord Deben, Chair, Climate Change Committee; Morna Cannon, Director, Low Carbon Economy, Transport Scotland, Trudy Harrison MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, The Department of Transport; Graeme Cooper BSc MBA, Head of Future Markets, National Grid; Lorna McAtear, Head of Fleet, National Grid, Steve Gooding, Director, RAC Foundation, Maurice Hochschild, Executive Chairman, Osprey Charging Network, Martin Beaumont, CEO, Electric Green, Ben Foulser, Director, KPMG UK; John Flint, CEO, UK Infrastructure Bank; Christina Calderato, Director of Transport Strategy and Policy, Transport for London; Mike Haws, CEO, SMMT; Karl Anders, Managing Director, Mer UK; Natasha Patel, Director, Baringa Partners; Philip New, Chief Executive Officer, Energy Systems Catapult, and Chair, Electric Vehicle Energy Taskforce; Graeme Dey MSP, Minister for Transport, The Scottish Government, Alex Smith, Managing Director, Volkswagen Group UK Ltd; Roger Hunter, Vice President, Electric Mobility Shell Renewables & Energy Solutions, Shell, Reza Shaybani, Co-Founder & CEO, The EV Network; Toddington Harper, CEO, GRIDSERVE; Philippe Vangeel, Secretary General, The European Association for Euromobility and many, many others…