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Number of EVs to each charger doubles in 2 years

Number of EVs to each charger doubles in 2 years

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Aug 16, 2022
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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.

As ever, if you have any thoughts or feedback, please do drop me a line at tomrileylondon@gmail.com or simply reply to this email.

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…

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