Building of the week: electric forecourts

This autumn, if all goes to plan, the first all-electric forecourt in Britain will open in Braintree, Essex. Like many forecourts, it will have a shop and a cafe, and the facilities to top up your car. The difference here is that it will have 24 fast charge points for electric cars, and no fuel pumps.

This notable charging point is being built by Gridserve, who are planning to spend a billion pounds building 100 of them around the country. They’re also the company behind Britain’s most advanced...