Why a Big Mac and a car charge to go will be available at McDonald's drive-through restaurants

While they munch on their fries, diners will be able to plug their cars in to the new ports, which can provide up to an 80 per cent charge in under 20 minutes, McDonald’s said.

The project, which is a partnership with InstaVolt, will give drivers many more places to charge up their cars when travelling the country.

Thousands of electric vehicle charging points will be needed

to cover the UK if the Govern-ment is to hit its target to ban all new petrol and diesel cars from 2035.

In research commissioned by the fast food chain, more than half of people who do not own an electric car said that a lack of convenient charging points was a barrier to them switching.

McDonald’s UK and Ireland CEO Paul Pomroy said: “Appetite for electric vehicles, which will be a central part of the UK’s efforts to build back greener post Covid-19, is growing.”

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