Shell to open electric vehicle charging points at UK petrol stations

Oil firm’s first step into UK electric car sector allows drivers to rapid charge battery at handful of forecourts from this weekShell is opening a first wave of electric vehicle charging points at its UK petrol stations, in a sign of the far-reaching changes under way in the transport and oil sectors.Drivers will be able to recharge 80% of their battery in half an hour at forecourts in London, Surrey and Derby from this week, with a total of 10 service stations to be equipped with rapid ch