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Third of EV charging sites are lampposts

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Aug 30, 2022
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Hello and welcome back to The Fast Charge, a weekly British EV newsletter.

In today’s edition… lampposts make up a third of all charging locations, SureCharge becomes the fifth biggest network, and Osprey puts down the marker for other operators to follow.

Also below... a great Q&A with InstaVolt plus a little dive into EV mineral costs and why recycling matters.

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.

In the last week…

LAMPED UP: As of this morning there are 8,133 lampposts which also double as EV chargers in the UK. This means lamppost chargers account for well over a third (nearing half) of all EV charging sites across the country – there are about 20,000 sites in total. These figures are based on my calculation of the known number of chargers belonging to ubitricity, char.gy and SureCharge – all of which are lamppost networks. To me, it’s little wonder the humble lamppost has become such a great …

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