Hello and welcome back to The Fast Charge, a weekly British EV newsletter.
As most companies and the news agenda have very much been focused on the Queen this past week, today’s edition is pretty short.
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In the last week…
HUGE INCREASE: The biggest news of last week was that Osprey, one of the larger rapid charging networks in the UK, increased its prices from 66p to £1 per kWh – an increase of 51%. This makes Osprey the most expensive network in the UK. In real terms, the change means if you were to use 40kWh it would now cost you £48, including VAT at 20%. Before last week at Osprey, it would have cost about £31.68 – a difference of £16.32. At these new prices, it would arguably be far cheaper to use petrol or diesel. According to Osprey, the decision affects all their rapid devices of which Zap-Map suggests there are over 300. Osprey announced the decision a…
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