Scoop: BT pulls plug on EV charger rollout

The FTSE 100 company is 'shifting focus' after testing just one charger in Scotland

Hello, I’m Tom Riley, and welcome to The Fast Charge, a British EV newsletter.

Top story today… BT Group has thrown in the towel on installing EV chargers after only managing to put just one in the ground. Quite far from their mooted plans for converting 60,000 street cabinets last year!

Elsewhere… Better shock absorbers may lower EV fire risks, lessons from Norway’s success (revised), plus, Steallantis reveals they did hit the ZEV mandate last year.

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Revealed: BT Group ends pilot turning green boxes into chargers

Summary: One year after BT Group announced grand plans to convert up to 60,000 old green street cabinets into public EV chargers, I can exclusively reveal that the FTSE 100 has shifted away from those plans to focus on “Wi-Fi connectivity” instead.

Context… Back in July 2023, BT shared news that its start-up and digital incubation team, Etc., would, over th…