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Two-thirds of London's electric car charging points are unused from month to month, the RAC Foundation said.
Under a Freedom of Information Act request to Transport for London, the organisation found that of the 905 units in the capital, just under 40% (36% / 324 units) were used in the month of June 2014, while the remaining 581 were not plugged in.
In June 2013 there were 892 charging points in London and during that month a quarter were used, while the data shows there were 504 units that went unused in both 2013 and 2014.
In June 2014, a total of 4678 charging sessions compared to 2234 a year earlier. The RAC put this leap down to the quickening take-up of electric vehicles.
The most-used charging point was at Victoria station, where it recorded 302 charging sessions in June 2014, while the average length of a charging session across London was five hours and 35 minutes.
An RAC spokesperson suggested those with electric cars only charge them at home, as it is more convenient. "You don't buy an electric car if you can't charge it," she said. "Plus, electric car owners don't tend to travel very far from home," she added.
"A large number of units appear to be broken. The Source London website suggests around a third of charge points are out of service, so you couldn't charge your car from them even if you wanted to. Before we splurge money on more units we must ensure the existing network is fully operational and accessible," said professor Stephen Glaister, director of the RAC Foundation.
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