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Renault ZOE electric car completes 2,500 mile tour around the UK

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Author: | Updated: 09 Jul 2014 15:57

A 2,500 mile tour around the UK using an ordinary Renault ZOE electric car has gone without a hitch – proving the usability of both EVs and their supporting charging infrastructure.

Organised by charging firm, Pod Point, the ‘Charging around the UK’ tour (#CATUK) set off on June 12, heading to no less than 15 towns around the country over the course of 17 days.

Renault ZOE on the road in white

Sponsored by Renault, the tour headed as far north as John O’Groats and as far south as Land’s End. Along the way, the team from Pod Point stopped at four events at Renault dealers in Bath, Newcastle, Cardiff and Bristol, which showcased electric cars and the UK’s growing recharging infrastructure.

Starting in London, the tour headed north to Scotland before heading back down to the North West, West Midlands, down into the West Country before heading east back along the south coast and finishing in Brighton.

Along the way, the Pod Point used not only its own chargers but points from other operators too, using charging stations at motorway service stations, gyms, residential addresses, supermarkets and petrol stations.

Nearing the end of its journey, the fully electric ZOE supermini even had time to head to the BBC Top Gear Dunfold track, to take a spin around.

In the end, the team reports that they covered 2,500 miles over the course of the 17 days, using 72 public charging stations along the way and spending nothing on fuel.

Taking into account saving of around £130 on road tax, £10 on congestion charge expenses and £50 on parking fees as well as the fuel cost savings, the team estimates that they will have saved around £590 compared to making the same journey in a combustion car.

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