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Confidence for EV owners
The net zero carbon target by 2050 has reignited the need to reduce transport emissions. Following this, there has been a string of announcements to do with improving the EV charging experience to make owning an electric vehicle more practical.
The DfT wants to mandate that all new-build homes with a dedicated car parking space be fitted with an electric car chargepoint, and has launched a consultation to gain feedback on the idea.
What’s more, the government wants all newly installed rapid and higher powered chargepoints to provide debit or credit card payment by spring 2020. The move should allow electric vehicle drivers to use any public chargepoint through a single payment method without needing multiple smartphone apps or membership cards. This has always been a major issue with EV owners and I believe providing one simple payment solution for the entire country will really boost people’s confidence in electric vehicles.
This issue of GreenFleet has a feature on safe home charging (page 15), after it was revealed that 74 per cent of EV owners have used domestic multi-socket extension leads to charge their vehicles.
There is also an SME Guide, with informative features on how to tackle the challenges of fleet management for SMEs, on page 21.
Angela Pisanu, editor
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