Watchdog calls for tougher EV charging oversight

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Hello and welcome back to The Fast Charge, a British EV newsletter. 

In today’s email… the competition watchdog gets angry, Audi responds to The Fast Charge, and Waitrose is installing chargers, darling.

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In the news…

ACTION REQUIRED: Big news this morning is that the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has set out its ideas to ensure a national network of EV chargepoints is in place ahead of the 2030 ban. The CMA started a review many moons ago after complaints largely about the old Electric Highway network run by Ecotricity. The key areas of concern for the CMA are:

• the choice and availability of chargepoints at motorway service stations - the CMA don’t think it’s very competitive and are investigating the Electric Highway network

• the roll-out of on-street charging by Local Authorities - CMA believe it’s happening far too slow

• rural areas being left behind with too few chargep…