This paper provides significant new insights into the spatial heterogeneity of public rapid charging provision for Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) in the UK. In particular, the paper makes three new and original contributions to our understanding of BEV mobility and the importance of rapid chargers and the multiplicity of rapid charging provision therein. First, the paper sets out a new conceptual framework which captures the different dimensions of BEV mobility. Second, the paper highlights the importance of multiplicity, recognising the important distinction between i) ‘on-site’ multiplicity; and ii) spatial multiplicity in rapid charging provision. Both have received relatively little attention to date yet are highlighted as being fundamental in shaping an individual's ability to undertake extended journeys by a BEV. Third, the paper highlights how the development of charge point multiplicity is currently largely restricted to large urban areas and strategic road networks with current policies focusing on enhancing BEV infrastructure along the TEN-T Trans-European Comprehensive Transport Network. In considering spatial multiplicity in relation to the “reserve range” of BEVs, the paper identifies spatial variations in road network connectivity. Limited interconnectivity in rural areas - and which is particularly apparent for lower range BEVs - reflects an emerging market failure with the potential to undermine efforts to secure a “just transition” to BEVs

本文为英国纯电动汽车 (BEV) 公共快速充电设施的空间异质性提供了重要的新见解。特别是，本文对我们对 BEV 移动性、快速充电器的重要性以及其中快速充电提供的多样性的理解做出了三项新的原创性贡献。首先，本文提出了一个新的概念框架，该框架涵盖了 BEV 移动性的不同维度。其次，本文强调了多样性的重要性，认识到 i)“现场”多样性之间的重要区别；ii) 快速充电的空间多样性。迄今为止，两者都受到相对较少的关注，但被强调为塑造个人通过 BEV 进行长途旅行的能力的基础。第三，该论文强调了充电点多样性的发展目前主要限于大城市地区和战略道路网络，目前的政策侧重于加强 TEN-T 跨欧洲综合交通网络沿线的 BEV 基础设施。在考虑与 BEV 的“保留范围”相关的空间多样性时，本文确定了道路网络连通性的空间变化。农村地区有限的互联互通性——这对于低档纯电动汽车尤为明显——反映了新兴市场的失败，有可能破坏确保向纯电动汽车“公正过渡”的努力