100 miles in five minutes: 'UK's fastest' charger installed at Essex electric forecourt

Cecilia Keating
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100 miles in five minutes: 'UK's fastest' charger installed at Essex electric forecourt

Gridserve claims new charger installed at its pioneering electric forecourt in Braintree is the fastest in the UK

Gridserve has announced the installation of a electric vehicle (EV) charger at its charging state in Kent that it claims is the fastest the UK. The charging network operator said the 360kW charger,...

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