Picture dated December 2020 shows the UK’s first electric forecourt in Braintree,Essex,which is now completed and will open on Monday Dec 7th. The UK’s first electric forecourt has opened today – with the ability to charge cars in just 20 minutes. The site in Braintree, Essex, is the first of around 100 electric forecourts to be built around the country over the next five years as part of a £1 billion programme. It was due to open in November but was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic and the second national lockdown. The first forecourt has been constructed on a two-and-a-half- acre sit
Picture dated December 2020 shows the UK’s first electric forecourt in Braintree,Essex,which is now completed and will open on Monday Dec 7th. The UK’s first electric forecourt has opened today – with the ability to charge cars in just 20 minutes. The site in Braintree, Essex, is the first of around 100 electric forecourts to be built around the country over the next five years as part of a £1 billion programme. It was due to open in November but was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic and the second national lockdown. The first forecourt has been constructed on a two-and-a-half- acre site adjacent to Great Notley, just off the A131, and has links to Stansted Airport, Chelmsford, Colchester and the M11. It enables 36 electric vehicles to be charged simultaneously, with high power chargers that can deliver up to 350kW of charging power, enabling people to add 200 miles of range in just 20 minutes The company behind the project, Gridserve, says it wants to make electric vehicle charging as easy as using petrol stations and is building electric forecourts on busy routes. It is supporting the Government’s commitment to ban the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid vehicles within 15 years and aims to have a UK-wide network operational within five years. Toddington Harper, founder and CEO of GRIDSERVE, said: “Today’s announcement represents a major milestone in achieving GRIDSERVE’s purpose to deliver sustainable energy and move the needle on climate change. “It’s our collective responsibility to prevent greenhouse gas emissions rising further, and electric vehicles powered by clean energy represent a large part of the solution. “However, charging has to be simple and free of anxiety, which is why we’ve designed our Electric Forecourts® entirely around the needs of drivers, updating the traditional petrol station model for a net-zero carbon world and delivering the confidence people need to make the switch to electric transport today – a full decade ahead of the
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