Hello and welcome back to The Fast Charge, a weekly British EV newsletter.
In today’s edition… as much of the UK suffers a drought, data I’ve analysed suggests we might soon have a dry spell for public EV chargers.
Further down… some personal news from me, InstaVolt raises its prices (for the fourth time), and the most popular chargers in England.
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Should we prepare for a public charger drought?
As the UK continues to swelter in never-ending heat, most of the country is officially suffering a drought. The result has been new guidance from water companies to curb unnecessary usage, from hosepipe bans to four-minute showers.
Many people are rather upset by these measures, with some blaming suppliers for having spent years pocketing profits rather than investing in infrastructure – which is leaking up to 2.4 billion litres each day.
This made me think of our EV charg…