Driving to stand still

The RAC Foundation reveals that Britain’s cars are parked 23 hours a day, which presents some opportunities regarding electric vehicle charging

The average car or van in England is driven just 4% of the time, a figure that has barely changed in quarter of a century. For the rest of the time the car or van is either parked at home (73%) or parked elsewhere (23%), for example at work. However, with 18 million (65%) of Britain’s 27.6 million households having – or with the potential to have – enough off-street parking to accommodate at least one car or van there is a huge opportunity for charging electric vehicles at...

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