Editor of The Fast Charge 🚗 The UK's leading EV newsletter ⚡️
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Pictured: The UK's first electric fire engine responding to a fire. It's just one incident out of 700 that the truck has responded to since October!
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New scoop of British EV ice cream! The UK's first electric fire engine hasn't been used in 3 years - despite promises to have it on the frontline in 2022. Why? Read 👉🚒fastcharge.email/p/scoop-uks…
Scoop! The climate group Transport & Environment lobbied the UK to soften the definition of hybrids being sold after 2030, despite publicly calling for tough action on ICE vehicles.
Full story (including screenshots of their response) 👇
fastcharge.email/p/transport…
One year after BT Group announced grand plans to convert up to 60,000 old green street cabinets into public EV chargers, they have pulled the plug on their pilot 🥴
They only managed to install one charger. Read in newsletter yesterday! fastcharge.email/p/scoop-bt-…
Ha! Best PR of 2025 so far by Blackstone who appear to have persuaded media their huge purchases of warehouses relates to logistics.
Meanwhile… no mention of their HUGE interest in data centres. Chapeau!
thetimes.com/article/cce2a6b…
Tom Riley retweeted
Quite a story….
FOI reveals @elonmusk ‘s Tesla lobbied Labour Government “applauding” its commitment to net zero and growth saying “The Government should ask those still choosing to purchase a new polluting vehicle, to pay more”
HT @thefastcharge
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Bonkers. On a weekend where reporting suggests govt could water down EV sales targets - a huge UK climate policy - and no questions about it to Transport Secretary by @bbclaurak 😐
Oh dear, it’s happened. I’ve opened the latest @PrivateEyeNews and found a shirt advert interesting.
Spent £60 for a single trip to London using @thetrainline so I could get to a hospital appointment. Train got cancelled by @GWRHelp. TrainLine emails no update about this. Ended up having to go by car on a Sunday. And now a refund seems impossible to get. Mad. @LouHaigh
@thetrainline, I can't seem to get a refund for a train that was cancelled yesterday about 5 hours before it left - I spent £60 on a ticket. Can I DM?
Here's an EV scoop... I've learned the new government is considering and being advised ways to defer bringing the petrol ban back forward to 2030.
And, guess what? Green leaders are ok with that.
Read all about it in the link below 👇
READ: Labour mulls whether to restore UK petrol ban to 2030 - or push it into the long grass
fastcharge.email/p/labour-ma…
Tom Riley retweeted
After an undergrad in Durham & postgrad medical degree in which she gained several academic awards, my wife has been RANDOMLY ranked in the bottom 6% of UK med students. Off we go to another country away from our flat and my London-based job. Cheers @UKFPO @wesstreeting @TheBMA
Good news...
In my latest EV newsletter, @MrJamesMay shares his views on... public charging, Labour's plan for 2030, SUVs, and the Dacia Spring!
Read the interview here👇
fastcharge.email/p/james-may…
The UK’s landmark standard to make public charge points more inclusive to disabled people is being reviewed due to poor implementation.
Details (and more) in my special report about the battle for accessible infrastructure 👇
fastcharge.email/p/battle-fo…
The Lib Dems have pledged all EV chargers need bank card access.
Does that mean they'd retrofit the 37,043 existing chargers - 59% of all public devices - outside the current contactless requirement with new terminals?
