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on Thursday June 22 2017, @08:10PM
from the sometimes-things-just-need-a-little-push dept.
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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Queen's Speech: Petrol Stations to Go Electric
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(Score: 2) by kaszz on Friday June 23 2017, @03:13PM
You have a point!
Seems it's the standard government reaction where when there's a need the instict is to follow the precedent instead of taking the whole picture into account. A quick guess is that petrol stations will have unused charge stations and motorway restaurants, tourist attractions, residential areas will be without them because regulation says they are the wrong type of business..
Btw, trains are expensive?, and public transport in general don't deliver on time or at all?