Your correspondent Peter Campbell reports (“Tesla reduces prices across Europe and US by up to 20%”, Report, January 14) that Tesla has cut its electric vehicle prices across Europe and US in an attempt to increase demand — at a time when EV charging facilities are failing people, putting people off the EV option.

Two out of three electric roadside chargers in the UK are broken or busy at any one time, despite EV charging locator apps notifying customers that they are available and working.

Range anxiety has become charge anxiety, but for drivers to trust EVs they need to have reliable location information to plan their next charge. Without as-it-happens information on available charging points the entire EV scheme is doomed to fail.

EV manufacturers need to understand that the success of EVs hinges on an infrastructure which allows for real-time data movement. More working charging points won’t hurt either.

Jamil Ahmed
Distinguished Engineer, Solace
London EC2, UK