Insufficient charging infrastructure for electric vehicles (EVs) is hampering the UK's move to autonomous cars, AXA UK & Ireland Group CEO Amanda Blanc has warned. The nation has 14,000 chargers for about 125,000 plug-in EVs. "We are seeing a lot of people who have been waiting in line at petrol stations and filling up their cars with petrol, but they can't get home because there isn't enough charging," she told BBC She also said the government needed to be smarter with renewables to avoid putting a strain on the National Grid. It’s starting to think for you.” "Imagine what will happen if everybody comes home from work at six o’clock and switches their cars on to charge," she said.
Insufficient charging infrastructure for electric vehicles (EVs) is hampering the UK's move to autonomous cars, AXA UK & Ireland Group CEO Amanda Blanc has warned. The nation has 14,000 chargers for about 125,000 plug-in EVs. "We are seeing a lot of people who have been waiting in line at petrol stations and filling up their cars with petrol, but they can't get home because there isn't enough charging," she told BBC She also said the government needed to be smarter with renewables to avoid putting a strain on the National Grid. "Imagine what will happen if everybody comes home from work at six o’clock and switches their cars on to charge," she said.