[ajb]

A lot of people in the UK use on street parking. You're not allowed to run a wire across the footpath even if you happen to get the spot outside your house. The current plan seems to be to make every lamppost into a slow charger, but that wouldn't be enough for everyone to replace their petrol vehicle.

[midasuni]

Most people don’t though. In England it’s 68% of homes that either have or have potential for off street parking

https://www.racfoundation.org/research/mobility/still-standi...

[ajb]

32% is still a big number to deal with. Government can't just write off that many car owners.

[midasuni]

They wrote off 48% just fine and seem to have been rewarded.