Owners of electric cars are calling for more charging points in Bolton to encourage more people to ditch fuel-based vehicles.

Bolton currently only has 24 electric vehicle charging points, making it one of the worst places to own an electric car.

This has not changed since April 2022 when it was revealed Bolton had lost four charging points after previously having 28.

But those with driveways are still keen on buying electric cars.

Scott James-Turner Preece, from Astley Bridge, bought a Polestar 2 electric car a year ago and has not looked back since, calling it the "future".

The 38-year-old said: “It’s going in one direction now and there will be less and less petrol and diesel cars available.

“We went to test one and it was just better in every way.

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“It was quieter and drove better.”

Electric cars may not be for everyone, but with more car companies producing less petrol and diesel cars, electric is steadily paving the way forwards.

Scott said: “The people that don’t like them probably don’t have a driveway, which makes it hard for them to charge it.

“I am lucky I do have a driveway otherwise I’d have to rely on the public charging points and there aren’t many in Bolton.

“We need a bigger charging infrastructure so that people will want to buy them because they need more places to charge.”

Scott’s car takes eight hours to fully charge but since he only needs around 90 percent of the charge, he charges it for less than eight hours.

He said: “There’s two types of charging.

“Rapid charge exists on motorways which only takes twenty minutes to go from 20-80 percent, so they need this at petrol stations.

“Slow chargers are for places like Alton Towers, where you can leave your car to charge all day.”

The council said they are working on providing more electric charging points around the town.

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A spokesperson for the local authority said: “In collaboration with Transport for Greater Manchester, we have delivered several charging points within our car parks and there are also installations at supermarkets and privately owned car parks.

"At present there is a reasonable offer of charging points in relation to electric vehicle ownership within the borough.

“However, the council is developing a strategy with delivery partners for the installation of new charging infrastructure.”