Madrid’s city council has unveiled a plan which will convert some 30 telephone boxes into electric car charging points. The Spanish government is planning to spend €10m on promoting the use of electric cars. Old telephone booths – largely unused nowadays due to the rise of the mobile phone – have been chosen as excellent locations to convert into charging points owing to the fact that they are usually ideally placed near the curbs of pavements and already have their own electricity supply. The mayor of Madrid has predicted that electric cars will eventually become obligatory in city centres.