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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Lisa O'Carroll

UK haulage industry calls for investment in electric truck infrastructure

Volta electric truck parked in central London
A Volta electric truck in London, far from the UK’s only public HGV charging point in Lancashire. Photograph: Jasper Jolly/The Guardian

The road haulage industry is calling on the new government to urgently tackle investment in infrastructure for electric trucks, after pointing out there is just one public charging point for HGVs in the whole of the UK.

Takeup of electric cars is soaring, with about 1.1m fully battery-powered cars on British roads and about 63,000 charging units in 33,000 locations, according to Zapmap data.

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