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NewsPublic chargepoints used just once a day on average
With many forecourt firms wondering if now is the right time to invest in EV charging, figures from mapping and data firm Zapmap indicate that on average each chargepoint connection is used just once a day.
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NewsYear-to-date EV sales at 22.7%, well below 28% annual target
The battle to ensure new-car shoppers buy the correct proportion of battery- powered models looks set to be lost in 2025, with EV sales for the first 11 months of the year standing at 22.7%, against a government target of 28%.
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NewsMarket for public EV chargepoints comprises 477,000 people
While around 36.4 million petrol, diesel and hybrid cars need to fill up regularly with petrol and diesel, new data from the chargepoint sector indicates the market for public sockets currently stands at an estimated 477,000 cars.
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OtherMONEY TALK: November’s Budget: Apocalypse postponed
The main takeaway from the Budget is that the Chancellor has raised taxes. Does anyone expect something different from a Budget – except in the year before an election? But she has done this in a relatively stealthy way, says industry commentator Jan Mikula.
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OtherCOMMENT: The new pay-per-mile EV tax is actually pretty good, but…
It’s all too easy to criticise governments, and while we have been given significant cause to do so over recent years, the new pay-per-mile EV road tax, dubbed eVED, is that rare thing: a good policy. Yes, there’s a ‘but’ coming, but let’s first consider what makes eVED decent.
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NewsEV-OG promotes the freedom of going off-grid with EV charging
EV Off Grid (EV-OG) has revealed an ultra-rapid electric vehicle charging solution for sites unable or unwilling to get electricity capacity the conventional way to introduce charging hubs.
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NewsHow will the new pay-per-mile tax system work? eVED explained
One of the more significant announcements contained in Budget 2025 is that electric and plug-in hybrid cars will be subject to a new pay-per-mile tax system from April 2028.
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NewsRaw Charging and Connected Kerb voted best destination and on-street chargepoint providers
It was only a couple of weeks ago that Zapmap revealed MFG is one of the better rapid chargepoint providers, and the firm has now detailed that Raw Charging and Connected Kerb are the best-rated firms where slower charging is concerned.
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NewsForecourt operators respond to “disappointing” Budget, as fuel duty rise and EV pay-per-mile tax announced
Forecourt operators have reacted to the measures included in this year’s Budget with general dismay, while criticising Chancellor Rachel Reeves for refering to “rip-off” fuel retailers.
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NewsNew EV charging hub opens in East London retail park
Chargepoint firm Raw Charging has opened its latest EV charging hub at an East London retail park owned by investment firm Aberdeen Group, echoing a deal from earlier in the month that saw Raw open a hub at a shopping centre owned by Aviva.
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NewsCharging firm Believ wins multimillion council contract to install 470 changepoints
It was only this summer we reported chargepoint firm Believ had secured £300m in funding from various firms, and the company is now putting at least some of that cash to use after winning a contract to install 470 on-street chargepoints across North Lincolnshire.
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NewsEV charging hub to be built on prime Peterborough plot
A new EV charging hub is to be built in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, on a plot of land that is close to two major tranport routes in the city, and currently trades as a hand car wash.
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NewsGrove Retail to resurrect derelict petrol station – but with no petrol pumps
Top 50 Indie Grove retail, which operates around 30 forecourts, has been granted planning permission to reinstate a derelict petrol station – with every amenity bar petrol pumps.
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NewsNew EV charging hub “one of only a handful” in Wiltshire
Chargepoint operator Allego has opened a new set of EV sockets in Westbury, Wiltshire. The development on the A3098 is said to be “one of only a handful” in the county.
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AnalysisCOMMENT: If all the world’s a stage, our EV policies are a farce
Confusing, often contradictory, messaging on EV policy is making it harder for retailers to make the right strategic and investment decisions in this important segment. Hugo Griffiths calls for consistency.
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NewsEG On The Move says “the moment is now” to embrace EV
EG On The Move has announced ambitious plans to embrace electric vehicle charging, and says that “now is the time” for other forecourt operators to follow suit.
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NewsThe AA and Zapmap form strategic partnership to encourage EV uptake
The AA has paired up with chargepoint mapping firm Zapmap, with AA members now able to see chargepoint locations, pricing and availability when using the firms app. The companies say they are also “exploring new ways they can combine” in order to encourage the uptake of EVs.
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NewsFire service warns forecourt fire extinguishers ‘futile’ for electric car incidents
Forecourt staff should be warned against trying to put out a fire caused by an electric vehicle, warned a spokesperson from the London Fire Brigade at the APEA Live conference last week.
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NewsElectric cars to pay London Congestion Charge as squeeze on EV drivers continues
Transport for London has announced that drivers of battery-powered cars will have to pay the Congestion Charge from next year, when the cost of the tariff will increase by 20%.
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NewsTransport Secretary opens new MFG charging hub as firm continues £400m EV programme
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has opened a new MFG EV Power charging hub at the firm’s Marlborough Road forecourt in Swindon, Wilts.