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National Grid to develop ‘superfast’ car charging network

UK utility, National Grid, has identified 50 motorway sites where it would offer rapid recharging facilities for electric vehicles.

FT reports that the company is planning to install a fleet of superfast charging points along Britain’s motorways that would feed directly off the electricity transmission network. The FTSE 100 utility company operates the country’s high-voltage power grid.

The plan would go some way to allaying range anxiety, the fear EV owners have of running out of charge on a motorway.

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