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More electric charging points will soon be built on motorways and anyone with a contactless card will be able to access them, new government plans outline.   The Department for Transport has confirmed it aims to have at least six high powered open-access chargepoints at every motorway service area in England by 2023.  This will increase to at least 2,500 high powered chargers across the strategic road network by 2030 and 6,000 by 2035. At present, one firm - Ecotricity, owned by Dale Vince - dominates the electric charging market at motorway service stations.  Ecotricity is currently the ...

BBC News By Jon Douglas image captionElinor Chalmers has travelled all over Scotland in her electric car Elinor Chalmers knew that she would have to rely on public charging points when she bought her electric car. The 36-year-old was living in a second floor flat in Dundee and could not plug in at home where it is usually cheaper. She had no idea that the public charging points in her area were free to use. "It was a pleasant surprise", says Elinor who got her Nissan Leaf because she was concerned about the impact of fossil-fuelled cars. "The majority of the chargers across Scotland were...

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Transport secretary Grant Shapps announced £20m fund for EV chargers  Investment is part of a government scheme for installation of kerbside devices Some 40% of Britons do not have off-street parking, meaning more charge points need to be added to roads to enable drivers to switch to electric cars Councils need to apply for fund, though reports say it is not being fully utilised A new study says installations need to accelerate at five times the current rate if to supply enough chargers by 2030 when new petrol and diesels are banned 

£20m more for street electric car chargers but roll-out must speed up Rob Hull For Thisismoney.co.uk © Provided by This Is Money MailOnline logo The Government will make an extra £20million available to Britain's local authorities to bolster their electric car charging infrastructure. The cash injection is for kerb-side devices to be installed in towns and cities to 'allow residents without private parking to reliably charge their vehicles,' says the Department for Transport's announcement this morning. However, a report also released on Tuesday morning warned MPs that ch...