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Daily Record
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Lifestyle
Jacob Rawley

Warning to anyone who owns an electric car as charging costs surge

Electric car owners could soon be hit by soaring coasts at public charge points as prices have jumped in just a few months.

New data from the RAC's Charge Watch indicates that publicly accessible 'rapid' chargers are becoming much more expensive, with costs increasing by 42 percent since May.

Over the past four months, public charging costs for electric vehicles increased by 18.75p on average.

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