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The UK s largest free electric car charging network - installed across hundreds of Tesco stores - has now provided users with more than 10million miles of carbon-neutral motoring, new figures have revealed.
The supermarket giant, in partnership with Volkswagen and Pod Point, has been installing free charging points at 600 of its supermarkets across the UK.
And it has now been revealed that the partnership has provided its 500,000th free top-up.
According to the figures, this is equal to three million kWh of electricity - enough to power an electric Volkswagen ID.4 SUV for around 10.4 million miles.
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Two major ports on the Thames Estuary have joined forces in a bid to became a new free port area which bosses claim could spark jobs and investment.
The Thames Freeport would include the ports of Tilbury and London Gateway, in Essex, as well Ford s Dagenham plant further west.
The government is looking to create 10 free ports across the UK and will announce its choices in March.
Free port status would allow the area to work outside normal customs rules.
Alan Shaoul from London Gateway owners DP World said it would enable trade with the rest of the world .