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Just 46 chargers left across supermarket\u2019s stores, RAC reveals.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The billionaire Issa brothers have switched off more than a hundred electric car charging points across Asda stores in a blow to customers who want to plug in their vehicles while they shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New figures from the RAC reveal that Asda has slashed the number of electric vehicle chargers at its supermarkets by more than two thirds to just 46 devices over the past year. It had 165 devices at the start of 2023. The Telegraph<\/a> has the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reduction comes after the supermarket ended a partnership with electric vehicle (EV) charging company BP Pulse. Asda now has working EV chargers on just 2pc of its estates, or 22 shops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asda is the only supermarket to have slashed the number of active charging points it has, with others including Tesco and Morrisons investing heavily in the technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It comes as Asda struggles under the weight of billions of pounds of debts<\/a> following its takeover by Mohsin and Zuber Issa and their private equity partners TDR Capital in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Issa brothers also own petrol station empire EG Group, which late last year struck a deal with Tesla to roll out chargers across its petrol station sites in the UK and Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asda struck a deal to\u00a0buy the UK forecourts of EG Group<\/a>\u00a0last year. However, it is\u00a0understood that the Tesla deal will not apply to Asda car parks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The supermarket is understood to be currently considering its options for replacing the EV chargers it has lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the full story here<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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