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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Ross Lydall

Rapid electric car charge points get green light in south and west London

The first of 100 rapid electric chargers promised by Mayor Sadiq Khan for taxis, business vehicles and emergency vehicles will be built in south and west London, it was announced today.

Transport for London said it had awarded a contract to Zest to install and operate 39 rapid or ultra-rapid electric vehicle charging bays, which deliver a full charge within 30 minutes, on land it owns beside main roads across the capital.

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