[Savage GT]

Shouldn't be free anywhere, if you can afford an EV then pay to run it yourself.

I believe it was initially part funded by the gov't it was part of the incentive along with no VED, as they wanted to get people using EVs.
All they have managed to do is de-incentivise by not helping build the infrastructure and then u-turning on the VED and extending the date that fossil fuel vehicles can be sold as new.
Its all baloney anyways, as EV are no "greener" in reality to a modern petrol car when you take into consideration the cost and environmental issues of mining the precious metals for batteries.
But I will have had lower fuel costs (without using public chargers free or otherwise) and no VED to pay for a couple of years before mine goes back, so its a personal win for me.