Only 2 of Sri Lanka's EV Chargers Are Certified — Would You Trust the Rest?

PUCSL has had the legal power to regulate EV charging operators since 2009, but only started certifying them in March 2025 — and by August 2025 just two operators had actually passed. Inspections in Colombo since then have found chargers that simply don't work, plus several with no safety signage or certification label at all. As of October this year there were around 109 public charging points island-wide, with 4 sitting offline at the time. One side says this is normal growing-pain stuff for a network that barely existed five years ago, and owners just need to check before plugging in. The other side says people are paying good money for EVs on the promise of easy charging, and an uncertified charger that's wired wrong is a fire risk, not just an inconvenience. If you drive an EV, have you run into a charger that was dead, dodgy, or missing basic safety labels? Would you go out of your way to use only certified stations, or does that defeat the point of going electric in the first place? ඔයාගේ EV charger එක certified ද කියලා check කරලා තියෙනවද?