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‘I can charge my car for £6’: could new rules cut costs for EV drivers?
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Owners in England with no driveway can now slash their costs by installing a cross-pavement gully – but it’s a postcode lottery When Alison Williams bought her electric Volkswagen ID.3 two years ago, she thought she was making the right choice for the environment, having already
Owners in England with no driveway can now slash their costs by installing a cross-pavement gully – but it’s a postcode lottery When Alison Williams bought her electric Volkswagen ID.3 two years ago, she thought she was making the right choice for the environment, having already upgraded her end-of-terrace London home with insulation and solar panels. However, charging the car has proved more costly than she hoped, as she is not able to install the cross-pavement gully – a narrow electric vehicle cable channel embedded in the pavement – that she would need to charge at home. That will remain the case despite a change in the law.
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