New research by Zapmap, the leading charge point mapping service, has revealed that motorway services and EV charging hubs have displaced supermarket car parks as the most popular charging locations in the UK. This year, 55% of EV drivers they regularly stop at motorway services to charge, while 47% do …
Read More »Tesco named best supermarket for EV owners
Tesco has topped the list for supermarkets providing charging for electric car owners, according to an independent analysis of EV facilities across the UK by electric cars website Electrifying.com.The supermarket, in partnership with Volkswagen and Pod Point, has installed charging points across 400 of its stores across the UK.Overall, almost …
Read More »Widespread misuse of parent-child parking bays
One in four parent and child parking bays are being used by drivers with no kids, according to a new investigation by comparison website Confused.com. Researchers monitored dedicated spaces in supermarkets to find a shocking 26% of bays were being misused. And Confused.com isn’t the only witness to this behaviour. …
Read More »Park & Hide – Honey, I lost the car
UK motorists spend 35 million hours a year looking for their parked cars, according to new research. The survey of 2,000 drivers commissioned by Nissan GB revealed more than a third regularly forget where their car is parked, and on average ‘lose’ their vehicle once a month. A further one …
Read More »Tesco to install 2,500 electric charging bays
Volkswagen, Tesco and Pod Point have teamed up to launch the UK’s largest retail electric vehicle charging network. The world’s biggest vehicle manufacturer and the nation’s largest fuel retailer are committing to installing almost 2,500 charging bays across up to 600 Tesco stores over the next three years. Customers will …
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