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By Guy Taylor Sainsbury’s has today launched a new EV charging business designed to give customers access to chargepoints at its stores. Smart Charge will have some 750 bays across more than 100 Sainsbury’s locations by the end of 2024, as the the FTSE 100 retailer aims to tackle the UK’s shortage of electric chargers. It comes after BT, also listed on London’s premier index, revealed plans this week to repurpose its broadband cable street cabinets into chargepoints, via its startup and digital incubation arm Etc. A survey commissioned by Sainsbury’s found that 80 per cent of electric vehicle …

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