Government denies favouritisim over Connected Kerb investment
As EV network executives question if Aviva had a hand in the decision
Hello, I’m Tom Riley, and welcome to The Fast Charge, a British EV newsletter.
Top story today… Last week, the government announced millions of pounds for Connected Kerb. It’s gone down quite badly amongst some network executives. I take a look at everything and speak to the National Wealth Fund…
Elsewhere… Lots of new industry figures, the majority think ‘normal’ people drive EVs, and the government is in talks about possible car financing.
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Industry questions Connected Kerb government investment
Background: Last week, Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered a major speech on growth to try and battle down some of the negative economic rhetoric that had started to overtake the media agenda. In this speech, Reeves revealed two of the first investments being made by Labour’s new ‘National Wealth Fund’ (formerly the UK Infrastructure Bank). One of the lucky businesses in question was the…
