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| Adam Vaughn’s experience of driving an electric vehicle (One Man and his Tesla, 27 July) demonstrates the real need we have for a truly national, visible network in this country if drivers are to confidently switch from petrol or diesel, which is a key recommendation of the UK’s first-ever National Infrastructure Assessment. | Adam Vaughn’s experience of driving an electric vehicle (One Man and his Tesla, 27 July) demonstrates the real need we have for a truly national, visible network in this country if drivers are to confidently switch from petrol or diesel, which is a key recommendation of the UK’s first-ever National Infrastructure Assessment. |
| We also make a key recommendation that government should place a requirement on local councils to work with charge point providers to allocate 5% of their parking spaces to electric vehicles by 2020, and 20% by 2025, which may be converted to electric vehicle charge points. | We also make a key recommendation that government should place a requirement on local councils to work with charge point providers to allocate 5% of their parking spaces to electric vehicles by 2020, and 20% by 2025, which may be converted to electric vehicle charge points. |
| This should help towards ending the practice of owners of petrol and diesel cars taking up spaces where electric cars can be charged, and should encourage greater take-up of this cleaner technology.John ArmittNational Infrastructure Commission | This should help towards ending the practice of owners of petrol and diesel cars taking up spaces where electric cars can be charged, and should encourage greater take-up of this cleaner technology.John ArmittNational Infrastructure Commission |
| • I was very much entertained and amused by Adam Vaughan’s story. However, as a Tesla owner and driver in Norway since December, 2014, I was rather disappointed that his journey should have caused him so much anxiety. I am sure a similar excursion in Norway would have gone more smoothly. | • I was very much entertained and amused by Adam Vaughan’s story. However, as a Tesla owner and driver in Norway since December, 2014, I was rather disappointed that his journey should have caused him so much anxiety. I am sure a similar excursion in Norway would have gone more smoothly. |
| No doubt Adam Vaughan had his reasons for choosing his route. A quick consultation with the UK Tesla Supercharger map showed me that choosing a more westerly route to go past Warwick and a “Charnock Richard” on the M6 for 40-minute charges at Tesla Superchargers there and a 20-minute charge at one near Gretna Green would have got him from Brighton to Edinburgh in about 10 hours and with considerably less hassle. I hope Britain continues to invest in electric cars and infrastructure; they are the future.Odd A JakobsenBergen, Norway | No doubt Adam Vaughan had his reasons for choosing his route. A quick consultation with the UK Tesla Supercharger map showed me that choosing a more westerly route to go past Warwick and a “Charnock Richard” on the M6 for 40-minute charges at Tesla Superchargers there and a 20-minute charge at one near Gretna Green would have got him from Brighton to Edinburgh in about 10 hours and with considerably less hassle. I hope Britain continues to invest in electric cars and infrastructure; they are the future.Odd A JakobsenBergen, Norway |
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