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BT scraps EV charging point scheme having only installed one

It hoped to turn 60,000 roadside green cabinets into chargers - but only converted one.

BT has abandoned its scheme to turn green street cabinets into electric vehicle (EV) charging points having completed only one of the 60,000 conversions it initially said it was aiming for. When it announced the project in April 2024, BT said repurposing the cabinets was a "unique opportunity" to address a "key barrier" to people switching away from petrol and diesel cars. "It's very frustrating when you turn up to a charging point you, go to log into the app... and you can't get a connection because you're buried in a multi-storey car park somewhere and there's no signal," he said.

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