A fish and chip shop in Kent has cooked 300 portions of chips on fryers powered by two electric cars.
The Blue Mermaid Fish Bar in Deal joined car manufacturer Dacia in hosting the Dacia Batter-y Power Chip Shop on the town’s historic pier on Friday to celebrate National Fish & Chip Day. Chips were cooked on dual tabletop fryers powered by the Vehicle to Load (V2L) technology on the fully electric Dacia Spring.
Vehicle to Load allows users to plug in and operate almost any mains-powered household device using the car’s battery.
The pop-up chippy also featured TikTok’s Chip Shop Diva Destiny Harold who handed out over 300 freebie cones of chips, as well as a limited run of battered fish, throughout a busy lunch break.
Dacia Diva
Dacia Diva
Priced from £14,995, Dacia markets the Spring as the UK’s most affordable new electric car, claiming it is as ‘cheap as chips’.
The stunt follows research by Dacia, which revealed that a whopping 66% of Brits like to treat themselves to fish and chips when on holiday.
Almost half of those surveyed (46%) said a holiday isn’t complete without the delicacy, naming cod (48%) and haddock (19%) as the most popular fish options, while 69% said a portion of chips is their main order. Almost three-quarters (71%) said that fish and chips tastes better by the seaside.
Luke Broad, Dacia brand director for the UK, said: “Cooking chips using the Vehicle to Load technology on the Dacia Spring is a fun way to show just how versatile our cars are. Where better to take the UK’s most affordable new electric car than to Deal? It’s a great fit!”
