On the charging front there are 20 plugs in town, 14 of them rated 50 kW or higher - 127th in England after London. The fastest unit is Hopwood Park Interchange, Bromsgrove (150 kW), where a Audi Q4 e-tron tops up in about 31 minutes. The rest of the centre is mostly slower 22 kW units, good for parking up while you eat.