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posted by CoolHand on Thursday June 22 2017, @08:10PM   Printer-friendly
from the sometimes-things-just-need-a-little-push dept.

Petrol stations and motorway services will be required to install electric charge points, under plans outlined in the Queen's Speech.

The measure forms part of a government push to increase the number of electric vehicles on UK roads.

The Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill also contains plans to push driverless car technology.

It includes an extension of car insurance to cover the use of automated vehicles.

There are several trials of driverless cars ongoing in the UK.

Car insurance will be extended to automated vehicles "to ensure that compensation claims continue to be paid quickly, fairly and easily", the bill says.


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  • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday June 22 2017, @10:35PM (1 child)

    by bob_super (1357) on Thursday June 22 2017, @10:35PM (#529686)

    Considering how often the UK gets it current from Them Frogs, and how EDF may not mind selling it at higher post-brexit prices, they'd better get That new EPR nuke plant up and running (also EDF) before they add too many electric cars on the road.

    Or they could just listen to the queen's hat [theguardian.com] and stay in the EU...

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 23 2017, @12:04AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 23 2017, @12:04AM (#529715)

    >Not brexiting and having self sufficient infrastructure
    Bruh, do you even power play.