BRITAIN GEARS UP TO LEAD THE WAY IN EUROPE’S ELECTRIC VEHICLE ROLL-OUT

BY DAVID HAYHURST WITH a wide range of electric vehicles (EVs) slated to roll out across Europe throughout 2012, utilities have to seriously consider how this new transport sector will impact on their business. Because power producers will be the fuel companies of the future, once electric cars take hold of the consumer imagination, utilities will need to consider how they best serve this new consumer business. Maybe surprisingly, given its slow adoption of renewables, the UK has been making headway in preparing for the moment that electric vehicles become ...


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