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Pop-up chargepoints solve urban electric car problems
A new type of pop-up chargepoint has been designed to give owners of electric cars who have to park their EVs on the street the ability to recharge at home. Although there have been great leaps forward in home and public EV charging in recent years, one major obstacle to EV ownership remains the fact that 43 per cent of UK households - equivalent to eight million cars and vans - do not have access to a driveway. With trailing leads across pavements being hazardous, and residents with no off-street parking ineligible for Government chargepoint grants, urban EV charging has long been a significant issue to overcome as the UK makes the switch to electric. Now, a British startup firm named Urban Electric has created a pop-up chargepoint that can be installed at the kerbside. The chargers deliver a 7kW charging rate, and are said to be suitable for 90 per cent of residential streets. The chargers are operated via a smartphone app and rise up out of the pavement only when needed, leaving..