106 days later: DfT yet to send councils pavement charging guidance
The latest news from Britain's EV sector
Hello, I’m Tom Riley, and welcome back to The Fast Charge, a British EV newsletter.
Top stories in today’s edition… The government is still yet to clear up confusion on cable gullies (despite promising to in October), Sainsbury’s launches a network, and the King’s chargers get delayed by NIMBYISM!
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Key EV plank of ‘Plan for Drivers’ not completed by DfT
Background: It’s estimated that a third of households do not have access to off-street parking, meaning they will be unable to benefit from a home charger that uses their cheaper domestic supply – instead having to rely on public charging which is much more expensive.
However… One solution for non-driveway owners is for gullies to be cut into pavements, meaning cables can neatly cross the public highway from people’s homes. This simple innovation was first trialled by Oxford back in 2017 and was even featured in the UK’s EV Inf…
