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Safer Charging warns that private EV chargers in Britain are increasingly being left unmaintained
Safer Charging founder and CEO Chris Cheetham says the first and second waves of private chargers are ageing, with warranties expiring, some installers gone bust and some manufacturers having left the UK, leaving orphaned units with nobody to repair them. Public rapid networks must stay available 99 percent of the time under the Public Charge Point Regulations 2023, and large delivery fleets have a commercial incentive to fix faults quickly, but private chargers run by businesses, landlords and public bodies face no such rules. The warning comes against the ZEV mandate requirement for 80 percent of new car sales to be zero emission by 2030.
Why it matters
Ageing private estates with lapsed warranties and vanished maintenance contracts point to a growing market for independent maintenance and asset ownership services. Buyers and CPOs should check who holds long-term responsibility for upkeep before commissioning, because drivers who rely on home and workplace charging lose confidence when units fail.