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CTOnews.com, July 31 (Xinhua) EasyGo, Ireland's largest private electric vehicle charging network, announced last year that it would "build DC fast charging piles in towns and villages." CTOnews.com reported that the company planned to transform old telephone booths into charging piles, but the plan was temporarily shelved due to policy and budget problems.

▲ Picture Source EasyGo, according to foreign media eeNews, BT has shown some interest in the plan and said it will "emulate" Ireland's EasyGo plan and conduct a pilot in Northern Ireland, which will be handed over to British Telecom startup Etc. Proceed.

According to Etc. Said that they will carry out the relevant technology pilot in the near future, and determine the commercial landing plan, Etc. It claims that there are currently 90,000 telephone booths in Northern Ireland, of which 60,000 can be converted into electric car charging posts.

Etc. Tom Guy, managing director, said: "the UK will introduce a ban on the sale of fuel vehicles in 2030, but there are only about 45000 public charging piles in the UK, so the top priority is to increase the number of charging piles."

It is reported that the first phase of the new electric vehicle charging pilot project is scheduled to start in the autumn of 2023. BT also said that in addition to Northern Ireland, Etc. There are also plans to introduce "telephone booths retrofitting charging posts" in other parts of the UK, and local people will soon be able to use these new charging posts to recharge their cars.

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