July 2025
July in Liphook is proper summer: the rec is full of cricket, the steam railway is packed, and we’re rushed off our feet with air-con regas jobs. But the biggest change we’ve noticed this year is how many customers are purchasing electric or hybrid cars, and how often they’re smiling about finding a charge point when they need one.
The latest Zapmap figures show that public charging devices across the UK have increased by over 33% in the last 18 months, and Hampshire hasn’t been left behind. Since the start of 2024 we’ve gained new rapid chargers at Midhurst Road Services just outside Petersfield, a 22 kW pod at Liphook Services on the A3, and a whole bank of 50 kW units at the new Waitrose in Haslemere. Even Gracious Street in Selborne now has two on-street chargers. For anyone living in Bramshott, Headley or Greatham, the days of proper “range anxiety” are fading fast.
As a garage that’s been servicing EVs since the first Nissan Leafs rolled into Liphook a decade ago, I can tell you the difference is night and day. Customers who were once nervous about driving to Southampton or Portsmouth now do it without a second thought.
And because many of the new points are 50 kW or faster, you can top up enough for the journey home while you grab a coffee. So with the infrastructure finally catching up, would you ever consider an electric or hybrid car?
