All new homes and buildings will be required to have electric vehicle charging points from next year under new proposals to be unveiled by the government today.
The move will see up to 145,000 charging points installed across England each year, said a government release.
Buildings undergoing renovation that have ten or more car parking spaces will also be covered by the law as well as new supermarkets and workplaces.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who will announce the new laws in a speech at the Confederation of British Industry today, has a target for the UK to switch to electric vehicles from 2030, with new petrol and diesel cars banned from that date.
"This is a pivotal moment - we cannot go on as we are," he will say in the speech.
"We have to adapt our economy to the green industrial revolution."
The government said the new laws will "make it as easy as refuelling a petrol or diesel car today".
Britain currently has about 25,000 charging points but is said to need at ten times that number to meet the PM’s EV target.
UK electric car sales accounted for about 10% of all cars sold in the UK in 2020 but demand is rising rapidly.
Labour said the announcement does not address the "appalling" geographical divide in available charging points.
"Nor is there help so lower and middle-income families can afford electric vehicles or the investment required to build the gigafactories we need."