The UK’s leading breakdown service, the AA, has partnered with ScottishPower to help more UK drivers make a move to electric vehicles by giving people with ‘range anxiety’ confidence to switch to a zero-emissions vehicle.
Chris Carberry. Image Credit: Scottish Power
Both organisations are committed to helping people across the UK switch to electric transport. The new partnership will ensure that if anyone who buys an EV charger from ScottishPower is “out of charge” when driving their electric vehicle, the AA will pick them up and take them to their nearest charge point or home – whichever is closer.
Anyone who purchases an electric vehicle home charger with ScottishPower can register for the free service from the AA. The new scheme will be available to anyone who purchases an EV charger from ScottishPower.
As part of the AA’s ongoing commitment to electric vehicle drivers, the motoring association will provide access to their trusted breakdown service via ScottishPower for the “out of charge” service. This gives drivers confidence to switch to electric vehicles and supports the UK’s transition to zero-emissions transport.
The ScottishPower group was Principal Partner for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) held in Glasgow in November. It is developing an energy model that will play a significant role towards reaching the UK’s world-leading climate change targets.
Chris Carberry, Smart Solutions Director at ScottishPower, said: “At ScottishPower our customers are at the heart of everything we do and we are delighted we can offer this additional services to hopefully help even more people make the switch to electric vehicles.
“We’re on a journey to Net Zero and by working with a fantastic organisation such as the AA we can help make that transition easier and quicker”
Gavin Franks, Business Services Director at the AA, said: “ScottishPower and the AA share a vision of a world powered by zero-emissions vehicles and we’re proud to help more drives switch to electric vehicles.
“Supporting drivers is at the heart of everything we do at the AA and this includes giving more power to electric drivers. We hope this partnership with ScottishPower will make drivers even more confident about making the move to electric vehicles in the future.”