Free charging for electric cars will be available for customers at some Tesco stores from next year.
Tesco, in partnership with Volkswagen, plans to install almost 2,500 charging bays at up to 600 stores by 2020.
A standard 7 kW charger will be available for free, but drivers will have to pay for a faster service.
Customers will be able to leave their cars to charge while doing their shopping, which should give time for a "substantial" free charge, VW said.
Adding chargers to the supermarket parking lots will offer convenience for EV driving shoppers, and normalize EV use for others by increasing their visibility.
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Saturday December 01 2018, @06:01PM (3 children)
Every parking space turned into a charging point is a parking space that cannot be used by a normal car
It's a parking spot. Just because you're parked there doesn't men you have to be charging your car.
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(Score: 2) by Nuke on Saturday December 01 2018, @08:05PM (1 child)
You are under-estimating the sefl-entitled atttdude of EV drivers, hyped up by the notion that they are saving the planet. Expect reactions similar to those as if you had parked in a disabled spot (YouTube for those). OTOH I have never once seen a car in the EV charging bays (they are outside the public library) in my local town. They are a waste of valuable space.
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Monday December 10 2018, @06:28PM
You're probably right. Here in Springfield, Illinois a Tesla would pollute far more than my Pontiac, and more than any internal combustion engine here. The reason is, the electricity is from a coal fired plant, so here, EVs run on coal.
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(Score: 2) by Magic Oddball on Sunday December 02 2018, @01:06AM
The "EV" spots I've seen in shopping centers thus far, whether charging or not, have prominent "EV Vehicles Only" signs — nobody else can park there, even if the person has a disabled placard and all of the disabled parking spots are taken.