AA Garage Guide says it is responding to feedback from the garages in its network by announcing a partnership with electric vehicle charging provider, Chargemaster.
With just under 50% of those surveyed within the Garage Guide network answering that they would be interested in hosting a public electric vehicle charging station on site, the implementation of this partnership will roll out in the coming months.
And, adding further benefit to becoming ‘AA Certified’, the installation of all Chargemaster public charging points on the POLAR network will be completely free to Certified garages.
Chargemaster is the official UK charging partner for most electric vehicle manufacturers, and it has installed over 40,000 Homecharge units to date, with all products designed and manufactured in the UK.
To support the scheme, AA Garage Guide is in the process of arranging EV training for all interested parties. Reassuringly, however, nearly 58% of all member garages that participated in the survey had at least one member of staff already trained on hybrid and electric vehicles.
“The feedback we received from our garage network shows the enthusiasm that’s out there for making sure that garages can cater to all of their customers’ needs,” said Olli Astley, Managing Director of Garage Services at The AA.
“Half of our garages are keen to offer electric car charging as an added service, and just over 58% expressed interest in hearing more about the EV/Hybrid vehicle training that we are arranging on their behalf. And as this opportunity is free to all Certified garages, being proactive and customer-focussed is now even more rewarding with AA Garage Guide.”
