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Free scheme teaches drivers how to get the most out of their electric car

AA Trust launches programme to help people use new technology properly

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A new scheme has been launched to teach drivers how to make the most of an electric car.

Run by the AA Trust, the Drive Electric course is free and involves a one-hour lesson from a qualified driving instructor. The aim is to teach new and prospective EV owners how the technology works.

The scheme is being run from the Electric Vehicle Experience Centre in Milton Keynes, but the plan is to roll it out to the rest of the UK if it proves successful.

Edmund King, AA Trust chairman, said: “We are approaching a tipping point as more and better electric cars come on stream.

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“We want to help drivers understand this exciting new technology at the EV Experience Centre, but we also want to help them get the most out of their electric cars.

“Drive Electric sessions, conducted by AA instructors, can either be carried out in the driver’s own electric car, or in one of the EV Experience Centre’s test drive fleet. The EV Experience and Drive Electric experiences will really put Milton Keynes on the map as the most go-to EV city in the world.”

The move comes as a result of research by the AA Trust, which found that 32 per cent of 16,239 motorists quizzed would be interested in taking lessons in EV driving. The motoring organisation hopes to prove that EV uptake can be improved when advice and demonstrations are readily available.

The Electric Vehicle Experience Centre is a new type of dealership, situated in the Centre:MK shopping centre. It features electric cars from a variety of brands, with staff trained to educate prospective owners rather thans use pushy sales techniques.

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