Interoperability is “not really relevant” in light of free and already-interoperable contactless charging, Ecotricity and Pod Point have said in response to a letter urging them towards interoperability.
Implement roaming agreements or face government intervention, the chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on electric vehicles has warned three of the UK’s largest chargepoint operators.
Ecotricity has confirmed that it will increase the cost of charging on its Electric Highway EV network next month in order to pay for an improvement programme.
A trio of green energy firms have been granted temporary derogations from the energy price cap, allowing them to charge above the determined limit on standard variable tariffs (SVTs).
Ecotricity has nearly doubled its unit cost for electric vehicle owners to charge on its Electric Highway network as part of a wider revamp of its EV offering.