Fast-track electric car charging point on Valencia-Madrid motorway

One of the disadvantages of electric cars is that they can take several hours to completely refill, and charging points remain limited on Spain's roads.

But the green light has been given for one to be set up on motorway running from the capital to the east coast and the country's third-largest city which will have enough posts for 10 cars to charge all at once, and will be extra-fast to allow drivers to get back on their route quickly.

Provided by Tesla Spain, S.A., the charger will be installed at kilometre 175 of the A-3 at the service station in the town of Atalaya de Cañavate in the province of Cuenca, the only one that lies between those of Valencia and Madrid.

The regional government of Castilla-La Mancha says it has given the go-ahead for the facility to go up, but has not confirmed when it will be in operation.

Photograph: An electric car charging point in the Valencia province coastal town of Oliva