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Will a portable EV charger be available in the UK?

Is the ZipCharge portable charger still in the planning stage or was this just a flop?

Asked on 18 July 2023 by pat bradley

Answered by David Ross
ZipCharge received a lot of coverage on their proposed remote charging solution, but there has been little recent progress towards the original on-sale date of Q2 in 2023. Even ZIpCharge's LinkedIn page has not posted in 10 months.

There are competitors in the market but none of them are as yet available in the UK, so an offering that is available in this country may still be some way off.
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