When Ecotricity first launched the Electric Highway – a series of rapid charge points across England, Scotland and Wales – the service was free to use. This helped attract many new owners of electric vehicles who were otherwise put off at the prospect of running out of juice along the roadside, with nowhere in-between towns […]
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Ecotricity’s founder and CEO Dale Vince has announced via newsletter that the hugely popular Electric Highway network of rapid chargers is about to start, “charging for charging” for the first time since it was put in place.
Ecotricity has, up until now, provided the convenience of rapid chargers dotted about the country at core locations including motorway services and near large junction points and destinations like Land’s End. The new cost to charge will be £5 for 20-minutes of charge…
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It’s electric week and this means everyone around the country are helping promote electric cars and their viability as everyday transport. Of course, the initiated few know the answer already but for those who don’t, which let’s face it, is the vast majority of motorists on our roads today it’s worth reminding them that there is an alternative to petrol and diesel.
Sadly, the majority believe electric cars to only be suitable as a second car due to their relative lack of range compared to a single…
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The UK is home to an electric revolution, led in part thanks to the adoption and speed at which a rapid charge network has spread across the country.
Of the 165 individual charge points at 70 major UK service stations, 92% are equipped with rapid chargers, allowing electric car drivers to top-up their batteries in 30 minutes. Where a service station straddles the road…
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