A Park Garages filling station in Blackpool has claimed the title of the UK’s fastest EV public charging station, with a trio of newly installed chargers each capable of pumping out a hefty 480kW of power.

While that’s an impressive stat, there are very few EVs on sale today equipped to accept charge at even close to that rate – the exotic Lotus Eletre can handle 350kW, and the Porsche Taycan 320kW, but quite a few smaller models like the MINI Electric, Nissan Leaf and Dacia Spring are limited to charging at less than 50kW.