Dixons Carphone becomes first tech retailer to join EV100

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British firm aims to switch all 300 of its light duty vehicles and half of its 500 medium duty vehicles to run on electric by 2030

British electronics and telecoms retailer Dixons Carphone has become the latest household name to sign up to the global EV100 initiative, asit last week pledged to switch its entire road fleet to electric...

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