HOLIDAY park owners have warned that they might not be able to accommodate all of their guests this summer, unless big changes are made.
Campsites haven't changed much over the years, making it difficult for them to adapt to modern technology.
A sharp rise in the number of electric cars has led to some caravan parks warning holidaymakers that they might not be able to charge their cars, while away in the UK this year.
They have highlighted both a lack of infrastructure and the need for more power to be supplied as serious problems that are limiting what they can offer their guests.
Martin Cox chairs the Holiday and Home Parks Association and has a park on the Dorset coast, near Bridport.
He told the BBC that the six chargers he has for the 500 vans is the most he can currently have.
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He said: "In our area there just aren't many places to charge an electric car.
"So instead of enjoying themselves and visiting local attractions, visitors will be driving around trying to find a charger."
Alan House owns a park in Somerset with three chargers for 1,000 caravans.
He claimed that the electricity grid currently could not cope with the demand for new chargers.
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He added: "The whole park would have to be dug up, big new cables laid. The supply to the site from the Grid would need to be quadrupled, if not more.”
The problems surrounding charging electric vehicles outside of major urban areas has recently been highlighted in a recent select committee report.
The Telegraph claims that in the report, "MPs suggested that those in rural or isolated communities should be allowed to continue to drive petrol and diesel cars".
This is because introducing infrastructure in these places "was unrealistic and would require massive amounts of taxpayers’ money for electricity generation".
However, those changes will need to be made sooner or later, if the Department for Transport will hit its decarbonisation targets.
They need to see a 21-fold increase in electric vehicles use by 2035, in order to meet a net zero emissions goal by 2050.
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