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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A network of 14 electric vehicle (EV) rapid chargers, forming Milton Keynes CrossLink and supplied and operated by Chargemaster Plc, has been completed four weeks before the planned launch date. The rapid chargers are some of the first ‘tri-standard’ units in the UK and will allow EV drivers to charge their cars in approximately 20
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Drivers of electric vehicles in the UK will soon be able to drive greater distances on motorways, confident that they will never be too far from a quick charger. It’s all thanks to an innovative partnership between Nissan and Ecotricity, which has installed 13 more quick chargers to Welcome Break motorway service stations, bringing the
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Four Siemens electric vehicle charging units have been installed at Rockingham motor racing circuit in Northamptonshire, allowing for up to eight vehicles to be plugged in at any one time. The Siemens charging points output 22kw/h at 32amp and are Type 2 (mode 3) fast/rapid chargers in line with what Siemens provided to Corby council for the Electric
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Drivers with plug in vehicles are set to benefit from a £37m funding package for home and on-street charging and for new charge points for people parking plug in vehicles at railway stations. The Coalition government will provide 75% of the cost of installing new charge points. This can be claimed by: people installing chargepoints
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