Kensington powers up streetlights to create EV charge points

Madeleine Cuff
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Royal borough teams up with UK Power Networks and Ubitricity to trial EV charge points embedded in streetlights, as Germany gets go-ahead of national charging network plan

Drivers in the upmarket borough of Kensington and Chelsea will now be able to charge their electric cars from local streetlights, thanks to a trial now underway to test solutions for encouraging more city...

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