The EEH region is seeing significant progress in the transition to electric vehicles, with new analysis highlighting strong growth in EV registrations and expanding charging infrastructure.
The EEH region is seeing significant progress in the transition to electric vehicles, with new analysis highlighting strong growth in EV registrations and expanding charging infrastructure.
According to analysis developed by EEH, between the fourth quarter of 2023 and the first quarter of 2025, registrations of electric and plug‑in hybrid vehicles across the region rose 47%, significantly outperforming both London (36%) and the UK average (45%) over the same period. This marks a notable shift compared to the previous year, when the region fell behind national average growth in registrations.
However, the report also highlights several challenges and key barriers to EV uptake for residents. Confidence in public charging availability is still low, and Local authorities report difficulties securing timely grid connections and issues engaging with chargepoint operators and distribution network operators to unlock sufficient power capacity.
Business uptake continues to dominate the market: around 70%of plug‑in vehicles in the region are company‑owned, driven by favourable tax incentives, salary‑sacrifice schemes and national grants supporting workplace charging and fleet infrastructure. Increasing private‑owner adoption is therefore a significant opportunity.
On infrastructure, the region has made significant strides.Public charging installations grew 32% from January 2023 to January 2024,before accelerating to an impressive 55% increase between January 2024 and January 2025—well above the national average outside London. Local authorities cite remaining on going hurdles such as procurement capacity, rural‑urban disparities and administrative delays, but progress is strong.
The study also identifies opportunities for accelerating infrastructure delivery, including prioritising “quick‑win” charge point sites, enhancing forecasting through regional data tools, and embedding national EV strategies into wider local planning. EEH’s rollout of the Transport for the North EV Charging Infrastructure Visualiser will further support future‑ready planning for 2030 and beyond.
EEH and TE commissioned CENEX to look at the status of electric vehicle adoption and electric vehicle infrastructure (EVI)installation across local transport authorities in the region. This exercise isa component of the Regional Electric Vehicle (strategy) Evaluations, Action Plans and Learnings (REVEAL) project, which aims to evaluate EV strategies,action plans and progress to support EEH decision‑making; and support LTAs to effectively progress with EVI rollout. The ‘Electric Vehicle Uptake in the EEH Region’report, which provides a summary of the information from the REVEAL project, is now available on our website.
