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Many countries, including the UK, are focussing on transport and the automotive industry.
Utilizing more renewable energy and increasing dependence on electric vehicles should see a decline in carbon emissions.
In 2018, transport accounted for 33% of the UKs carbon dioxide emissions.
This is in a bid to achieve the target of emitting virtually zero carbon by 2050.
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The light blue numbers represent the highest-scoring locations, and the dark blue represents the lowest scoring ones.
Is this instance, the locations with the lowest scores were the best locations.
8 of the locations are English and 2 are Scottish.
5 of the worst 10 locations in the UK for owning an EV are towns and cities in Yorkshire.
Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Hull and Wakefield are all included.
There are also 2 Welsh cities Cardiff and Swansea included.
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The worst city in the UK for the number of charging stations per km2 is Swansea.
The Welsh city has only 0.06 charging stations per km2.
Hull is the area with the lowest figure of charging stations per person.
They have only 0.65 charging stations for every 10,000 people.
This figure was also per every 10,000 people.
Bristol was the city with the most searches per 10,000 people, with 47.04.
The city with the lowest search terms in the UK per 10,000 people was Swansea.
There were only 2.03 searches per 10,000 people, compared to 47.04 in Bristol.
As the UK becomes more environmentally conscious and attitudes towards electric vehicles change, demand for EVs will increase.
This article was originally published on Mercury Car Centre by Callum McPhillips.
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