{"id":5651,"date":"2023-03-30T01:20:26","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T01:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/?p=5651"},"modified":"2023-03-30T01:20:27","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T01:20:27","slug":"how-do-you-find-an-ev-charging-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/how-do-you-find-an-ev-charging-point\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you find an EV charging point?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are several ways to find electric vehicle charging points in the UK:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Use an EV charging app: There are several smartphone apps available, such as Zap-Map and PlugShare, which show the locations of charging points and provide real-time information on availability and pricing.<\/li><li>Check your vehicle&#8217;s navigation system: Many electric vehicles have a built-in navigation system that includes charging point locations. However, these can go out of date quickly unless there&#8217;s a way of updating them.<\/li><li>Check with your local council: Some local councils in the UK have their own charging point maps or information on where to find charging points in their area.<\/li><li>Scotland&#8217;s charging points are available on the ChargePlaceScotland website<\/li><li>Check with your charging provider: If you have signed up with a specific charging provider, they may have an app or website that provides information on their charging points and other partner charging points.<\/li><li>Some other websites such as Carwow have interactive maps.<\/li><li>Google Maps shows charging points.<\/li><li>Look out for signage when on the road<\/li><li>Many shopping centres and the odd petrol station have EV charging spots<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"317\" src=\"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-600x317.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-600x317.png 600w, https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-768x406.png 768w, https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image.png 952w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Screenshot from ChargePlaceScotland. Ensure that you click on the charger icon to check that your car is compatible with the chargers available<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"382\" src=\"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1-600x382.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1-600x382.png 600w, https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1.png 741w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>In Google Maps, searching for &#8216;EV charger near [town]&#8217; will show that town with the EV chargers noted.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are several ways to find electric vehicle charging points in the UK: Use an EV charging app: There are several smartphone apps available, such as Zap-Map and PlugShare, which show the locations of charging points and provide real-time information<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/how-do-you-find-an-ev-charging-point\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5652,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[328],"class_list":["post-5651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advice","tag-electric-vehicles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5651"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5654,"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5651\/revisions\/5654"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mocktheorytest.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}