THE number of electric car charging points has risen by more than a third in Bradford, new figures show.

It comes as Vauxhall, which analysed the data, said more must be done nationally to meet the rising demand for electric cars.

Statistics from the Department for Transport show there were 176 publicly available electric vehicle charging devices in Bradford as of October, including 66 rapid chargers.

Overall, this is up 45 per cent from 121 charging devices in October 2022.

Across the UK, there were nearly 49,220 publicly available chargers as of October – a 42 per cent jump from 2022.

Of them, 8,908 were rapid chargers.

James Taylor, managing director at Vauxhall, said: "It's a good signal, but we're still at the beginning of the journey.

"We need to up the pace if we're to make sure the 40 per cent of households without driveways are not left behind in the transition to electric vehicles and do more outside of London."

A Department for Transport spokesperson said: "We've put more than £2 billion into helping people switch to electric vehicles, and in October one in four new cars bought came with a plug.

"We've allocated £381 million across every area in England to deliver tens of thousands more local chargers."