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If your phone battery died after two years of being shoved in a pocket and fast-charged to 100% every night, surely a van doing 30,000 miles a year is toast by year five? Wrong.
The EV Cafe is deeply concerned by the recent passing of President Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," a piece of legislation that signals a stark and regrettable shift away from a sustainable energy future for the United States.
The extension of the plug-in van and truck grant is undeniably good news. It provides the financial certainty needed to spark a new wave of electric vehicle adoption in the commercial sector. However, for this momentum to be sustained, the government must now act with the same urgency to build the infrastructure that will enable these vehicles to be a productive and profitable part of the UK's economy.