Editorial policy

This page describes how ElectraMile content is produced. It is a working document; where our practice changes, this page changes with it.

Sourcing

We prefer sources in this order:

1. Government and regulator publications — for grants, credits, tax rules and safety requirements
2. Manufacturer official specifications — for vehicle and product data
3. Charging network operators' own pricing pages — for tariffs
4. Established independent testing organisations — for measured performance
5. Reputable secondary publications — where nothing better exists, and labelled as such

Where a claim carries financial or safety consequence, we use a primary source or we do not make the claim.

Facts, estimates and opinions

We distinguish three things explicitly:

• A specification is what the manufacturer or operator publishes.
• A measurement is what someone tested, with a stated method.
• An estimate is our own calculation, with its assumptions shown.

We do not present an estimate as a specification, and we do not present a manufacturer claim as a measurement.

What we do not do

We do not invent testing. If we have not physically tested a product, nothing on the page implies that we have.

We do not publish electrical installation instructions. Charger installation is work for a qualified professional. Our content explains what you are buying and what to ask for; it stops there.

We do not fabricate urgency or pricing. No countdown timers, no invented "was" prices, no expired offers presented as live.

Review and fact-checking

Content involving money, eligibility for a public scheme, or safety is checked before publication. A reviewer confirms that figures match their sources, that dates and eligibility rules are current, and that nothing reads as instruction where professional work is required.

The reviewer is named on the page alongside the author.

Dates, and what they mean

Three dates matter, and we keep them distinct:

• Published — when the page first went live
• Updated — when the page last changed materially. Fixing a typo does not touch this date, because a refreshed date that means nothing is worse than no date at all.
• Next review — when the page is next scheduled to be re-checked

Volatile content is reviewed on a schedule: incentives and network pricing monthly, buying guides every few months, evergreen explainers annually.

How AI is used

We use AI tools for research planning, outlining, summarising source material for a human to read, suggesting internal links and drafting metadata.

We do not publish AI-generated articles without human review, generate specifications, invent product experience, or produce many near-identical pages from one template with the names changed.

Every published page has a named human owner who is accountable for it.

Corrections

If something here is wrong, we want to know. Tell us via the corrections form or the contact page.

We fix errors promptly. Where a correction materially changes what a page said, we add a dated note explaining what changed rather than editing silently.

Commercial independence

Commercial relationships do not change our editorial conclusions or the specifications we publish. See how we make money for the detail.

Last reviewed: August 2026