Jill Scott brands important part of owning electric car 'just dreadful' and buys a hybrid
Three famous footballers have shared their frustrations for an important part of owning an electric car that could see owners stranded at the roadside.
A number of footballing legends have discussed how one annoying element of owning an electric car has caused them to make the switch back to a petrol model.
Stick to Football is a podcast in which a number of famous footballers meet up to discuss the latest matches and other subjects that are on their minds.
In their latest episode, guests Jill Scott and Gary Neville both stated that they are not a fan of electric cars due to the state of the UK's charging network.
Jill explained: "Electric cars that are just electric [not a hybrid]. So many times they're stuck at service stations in a massive queue at one o'clock in the morning when I'm just trying to charge my car. And [the chargers] go up one mile every five minutes, they're just dreadful.
Gary added: "I had one and I went to Newcastle, to a game for Sky, and I've never been late for any game of football that I've done for anybody. I remember being stuck halfway up the A1, looking at my clock and getting anxious because it wasn't charging properly."
According to the electric vehicle charging service Zapmap, the UK had 62,536 charging stations across nearly 33,000 locations during May 2024.
Whilst the company highlighted that the figure has increased by an impressive 43 percent in 12 months, some drivers have voiced concerns that the UK still needs more chargers to cope with the growing number of electric vehicles on the roads.
The UK Government has pledged to have funded 270,000 chargers across the UK before 2030 in a bid to encourage more motorists to own an electric car.
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Another famous face in football, Ian Wright, responded to Jill and Gary's complaints, stating that he had also struggled trying to find an available charger when he owned an electric model.
He recalled: "There was a time that I had an electric car and I was driving about in it and my granddaughter was playing over in Hertfordshire. It was driving over and thinking 'I've got to zoom across', I called up and asked if there were chargers around there, and they said 'yes, but there's cars on them'.
"I couldn't get the charge so had to watch for a bit and someone had to come over and tell me a charger was free. So, I had to go and put my car on the charger and then come back and hope there was enough charge [in the car]."
The Department for Transport (DfT) has previously suggested that the number of public chargers are positioned unevenly, calling on companies to install more in rural areas.
As of April 2024, a study found that 221.3 of every 100,000 chargers in the UK are located in London, meaning the area has nearly 10 times the amount found in Northern Ireland.
Nevertheless, the same DfT report also highlighted that the UK capital features far fewer rapid chargers than other parts of the country, including Scotland and the West Midlands.
