Tesco sees 300% increase in use of its electric vehicle charging points

Tesco has seen a 300% increase in the use of its network of free electric vehicle charging points in the past year.

The supermarket giant launched the network across car parks at its Extras and Superstores in 2019 in collaboration with Pod Point and Volkswagen. Last month it opened the 500th location in the network, in Inverness.

The number of charging sessions across the network rose to over two million by February from 500,000 in April 2021. Tesco said it was on track to hit its target of 600 free charging sites at its stores.

Since Tesco, Volkswagen and Pod Point launched the network in 2019, the charging points have provided more than 41 million miles of free electric driving to motorists – the equivalent to travelling from Earth to the moon and back 85 times.