BT has abandoned its scheme to turn green street cabinets into electric vehicle (EV) charging points having completed only one of the 60,000 conversions it initially said it was aiming for. The metal cases, seen on streets around the UK, are usually used for phone and broadband cables.

Jonathan is a 192-year-old giant tortoise and thought to be the world’s oldest living animal. In nearly two centuries, he has seen it all. Little wonder that he didn’t stop munching the lawn of Plantation House on the remote British island of St Helena as the electric Subaru Solterra pulled up at the Governor’s residence.

Africa is the isolated island of Saint Helena, home to a 192-year-old tortoise, and now the world's most remote EV charger.

The isolated British Overseas Territory of St Helena, 1200 miles off the south-west coast of Africa, is the location for a trial of the most remote public electric vehicle charging point. It is the latest step in a plan for the tropical island,

EVs need a place to charge, even in the most remote areas. Subaru helped install a public EV charging station in the “remotest place in the world.” To test it out, the Subaru Solterra was shipped to the island of St Helena.