Insufficient charging capacity for electric vehicles ( 2009 ) is hampering the UK 's move to autonomous cars , AXA UK & Ireland Group CEO Amanda Blanc has warned . The nation has 14,000 chargers for about 125,000 plug - in vehicles . Tesla Autopilot software already allows drivers to take their hands off the wheel in certain circumstances. Blanc called for more rapid charging bays outside London and the south - east . She also said the UK needed to be smarter with renewables to avoid putting a strain on the National Grid . " Imagine what will happen if everybody comes home from work at six o’clock and switches their cars on to charge , " she said .
Insufficient charging capacity for electric vehicles ( 2009 ) is hampering the UK 's move to autonomous cars , AXA UK & Ireland Group CEO Amanda Blanc has warned . The nation has 14,000 chargers for about 125,000 plug - in vehicles . Blanc called for more rapid charging bays outside London and the south - east . She also said the UK needed to be smarter with renewables to avoid putting a strain on the National Grid . " Imagine what will happen if everybody comes home from work at six o’clock and switches their cars on to charge , " she said .