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and electrification.” to land in Europe is the Dodge Challenger Black Ghost: it follows the footsteps of the Dodge Challenger Shakedown, which was launched on the European market in March 2023.
The attention to detail can be seen on their website where they take you through each stage of the restoration process. It is clear to see this company’s dedication to classic cars and to a more sustainable world as they have partnered with Biffa, the UK’s leading sustainable waste management company.
They plan to upcycle diesel refuse lorries rather than scrap them to create a zeroemissions fleet.
“There are so many legendary muscle cars in Dodge brand history, it was hard to choose the seven vehicles we wanted to pay homage to,” said Tim Kuniskis, Dodge Brand Chief Executive Officer.
ELECTRIC CHARGING: Less than a quarter of motorway services have enough chargers.
THE UK Government looks unlikely to meet its target of having six or more rapid or ultra rapid electric vehicle chargers at every motorway service area in England by the end of 2023, new research conducted by the RAC reveals. Less than a quarter (23 per cent 27) of 119 motorway services reviewed by the RAC on Zapmap currently have the target number of chargers to serve the UK’s estimated 760,000 battery electric vehicles.
The RAC’s research found there are around 400 highpowered charging units situated at motorway services capable of charging 682 electric cars at one time.
This means there is currently an average of just over three (3.4) rapid or ultrarapid chargers at motorway services.
RAC EV spokesperson Simon Williams said: “Installing these types of units is not straightforward as connecting to the electricity grid is expensive and timeconsuming, but clearly more needs to be done to make this process simpler than it is currently.
“While we understand the government is taking steps to expedite matters, the importance of ensuring sufficient high powered charging is readily available up and down our motorway network can’t be emphasised enough.”
