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Chancellor urged to cut VAT on public charging of electric cars

Electric vehicle (EV) chargepoint operators have urged the Chancellor to cut VAT on public charging. Bosses at 23 companies signed a letter urging Kwasi Kwarteng to make the “simple, relatively low-cost intervention” as the rise in electricity ...

22 Sept 2022 at 01:01

Most electric car owners unhappy with public charging infrastructure – survey

Nearly three out of four electric vehicle (EV) owners are unhappy with the UK’s public charging system, a survey suggests. The poll of almost 1,500 members of consumer group Which? who drive a pure electric or plug-in hybrid vehicle ...

23 Sept 2022 at 01:01

Major expansion of public charging points for electric cars

Electric vehicle (EV) owners will benefit from a 10-fold increase in public chargepoints by the end of the decade, the Department for Transport has announced. Raising the number of public chargepoints in the UK from 30,000 to 300,...

24 Mar 2022 at 23:55

Electric vehicle chargepoints hacked to show porn

Electric vehicle owners were given a shock when public chargepoints on the Isle of Wight were hacked to show pornography. Screens on devices at the council’s car parks are meant to show its website, but some featured explicit ...

06 Apr 2022 at 16:55

Millions of drivers lack confidence about charging electric cars – survey

Millions of drivers are uncertain about how to charge electric vehicles (EVs), a new survey suggests. Some 39% would not feel comfortable about knowing which chargepoint would be compatible with a particular EV, according to ...

19 Jan 2022 at 03:55

Treasury urged to stop ‘unfair’ VAT policy on public electric car charging

The Treasury has been urged to stop making electric vehicle (EV) drivers who cannot charge at home pay four times more tax for electricity from public chargepoints. VAT on domestic electricity is 5% whereas motorists using ...

02 Feb 2022 at 02:26

Weak mobile signals could hamper electric car charging – report

Electric vehicle (EV) drivers could struggle to use around two-thirds of Britain’s most common type of public chargepoint because of patchy mobile signals, according to a report. The RAC Foundation, which conducted the ...

08 Apr 2024 at 00:01

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Interim targets needed to achieve electric car chargepoint goals

New interim targets are needed if the government is to achieve its plan of having 300,000 electric car chargers by 2030, according to the AA. Figures released today by the Department for Transport today show that, as ...

25 Jan 2023 at 13:04

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Progress with on street residential chargepoints across Derry welcomed

Sinn Féin Waterside Councillor Christopher Jackson has welcomed an update from Derry City and Strabane District Council on efforts to progress new on street residential chargepoints across the council area. ...

21 Jan 2023 at 19:33

More funding for electric car chargepoints

Drivers of electric vehicles (EVs) across England will benefit from thousands of new chargepoints, the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced. A total of 2,400 new chargepoints will be installed in ...

21 Feb 2023 at 00:01

Government falls ‘well short’ of electric car charger target

A Government target for electric car chargers near motorways has been missed, new analysis shows. The Department for Transport (DfT) set an ambition for there to be at least six rapid or ultra-rapid ...

02 Jan 2024 at 08:24

Proportion of EV breakdowns due to running out of charge show sharp drop

The proportion of electric vehicle breakdowns caused by running out of charge has fallen by nearly three-quarters since 2019, new figures show. Just 2.1% of callouts received by the AA from ...

07 Jun 2023 at 08:23

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