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The Conservative government is proposing that all new electric car rapid chargepoints should provide ‘pay as you go’ payment options by 2020. This should ensure Britain has one of the best electric vehicle charging networks in the world.
Key facts:
Why this matters:
This will help even more people experience the benefits electric vehicles bring and speed up our journey to a zero-emission future.
The Conservative government is proposing that all new electric car rapid chargepoints should provide ‘pay as you go’ payment options by 2020. This should ensure Britain has one of the best electric vehicle charging networks in the world.
Key facts:
- We expect industry to develop a solution across the charging network allowing drivers to pay with debit or credit cards when using public chargepoints so drivers don’t need multiple apps or memberships.
- If the market is too slow to deliver improvements across the entire network, the government will intervene to ensure there is a good deal for consumers.
- This follows the publication of the Road to Zero Strategy and our commitment to net zero UK carbon emissions by 2050.
Why this matters:
This will help even more people experience the benefits electric vehicles bring and speed up our journey to a zero-emission future.
Comments
Motorway service stations again over lunchtime, not long before all chargers are in use and each car needs an hour. so imagine you turn up and there are 3 people in the queue in front of you. that's a 4 hour stop.
One thing i could see working well is an ISO standard on a removable battery pack. Bear with me here. all cars would take a standard battery, which can be slid out, think of the battery in a DSLR camera.
Now this could work like the Calor gas or even soda stream model.
Your first battery costs say £500 but you dont really own it. now when you go to a service area you pick up a new fully charged battery that costs you say £6 and your low charged battery.
the service stations have multi charge ports so are always charging batteries. Of course you can charge the battery that is in your car using a charge point, and thats fine for home charging, but that interchange could solve the 5 minute refuel problem.
Yes lets set our own standards so it is incomparable with the rest of the world, what a fantastic plan that is. Like it or not global standards are now the main force, and its for that reason brexit is so important, a voice on the standards boards, not the pack they come in. Once again this is a topic i am more than happy to discuss if you want a meeting.