The number of free electric car charging stations has decreased by 34%, while gasoline and diesel costs have continued to plummet in recent months.
Because of the low cost of gasoline, charging in public is currently more expensive than filling up at a gas station.
According to data, electric car owners without off-street parking pay up to £1,213 per year to charge, which is £1,037 more than those who have a driveway.
Based on annual miles and petrol costs of roughly £1.47 per litre, it would cost an average of £1,023 to fill up a Volkswagen Golf.
This makes it £190 cheaper to fill up than it would be to fill up a comparable-sized Volkswagen ID.3 at a public charging station.
The research, from Electrifying.com, found that the number of free public chargers across the UK has fallen from 5,430 to 3,568 in just a year.
Scotland, the South East and London were the three areas with the highest number of free EV chargers, with almost 2,000 combined.
The North East, which has often lagged behind in EV statistics, had just 108 free public charging stations available for electric car owners.
Any drivers who do not have access to off-street charging face costs of up to £1,213 per year.
Anyone who can charge on their driveway and benefits from an off-peak energy tariff will pay just £176 for the year.