Slow grid connections 'biggest challenge' admits energy minister
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Hello and welcome back to The Fast Charge, a British EV newsletter.
Top stories in today’s edition… Rishi Sunak is rumoured to be lining up a special moment to mark net zero, Britishvolt buyer scrambles for funding, and the UK’s energy minister admits slow connections to the grid is one of the government’s biggest challenges.
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Prepare for Sunak’s net zero moment
Recap… You may recall last week I wrote how the Prime Minister could do well to mirror some of the net zero enthusiasm being displayed by President Biden, whose recent Inflation Reduction Act is putting billions into decarbonisation programs, such as installing EV chargers.
New hope… In a report by The Times yesterday, where both Honda and separately the campaign group Transport & Environment bemoaned the Zero Emission Vehicle mandate delays, it was suggested that Rishi Sunak is planning a “big net zero m…
