Water utility Severn Trent has joined the EV100 campaign, as it pursues its commitment to convert all its service fleet of 2,200 vehicles to electric operation by 2030. Britain’s second largest water retailer began experimenting with Nissan e-NV200s three years ago. It is now looking to install 1,000 charging points across depots. A Severn Trent spokesperson Read more…

Delivery firm UPS will use Moixa’s smart grid platform to manage charging of 65 electric vans at its Camden depot. UPS has been working with UK Power Networks Services and Cross River Partnership at the depot for the last three years. It had originally faced challenges in getting the power required to handle multiple van Read more…

Increased data sharing between operators of an expanded range of smarter, faster chargers are key planks in decarbonising UK transport, according to the Department of Transport’s latest thinking. A DfT discussion paper highlights that, as power generation has decarbonised, transport is left as Britain’s single biggest emitting sector, contributing 28 per cent of domestic emissions Read more…

Swedish state-owned energy firm Vattenfall has sold its British EV charging network to Norwegian state-owned Statkraft. The move follows its sale of UK energy retail business iSupply to French state-owned EDF. Vattenfall said it is re-focussing its UK businesses on generation, B2B sales and heat distribution. The utility entered EV charging in the UK in Read more…

Good Energy made further inroads into business energy supply in 2019, with B2B accounts outnumbering domestic customers for the first time. Posting full year results, the company said it would push further into the sector by bundling commercial electric vehicle EV charging for businesses with clean energy. Unaudited results released this morning show that the Read more…

The world’s biggest carmaker is aiming to be a major power player – via electric vehicle batteries. Chief strategist Michael Jost told journalists that VW is aiming to amass 350GWh of storage at its disposal by 2025, Reuters reports. By 2030 the total would grow to 1 terawatt hour, he suggested. “We can guarantee that Read more…

Volvo has joined Ford and Jaguar Land Rover as sponsors of The Energyst’s Delivering Net Zero conference and exhibition. Attendees will be able to drive the latest electric from all three around the Silverstone track. Meanwhile the business-to-business event brings together experts from across energy, transport and industry to discuss the challenges and opportunities inherent in decarbonising the Read more…

Gridserve has started work on its first electric vehicle charging forecourt near Braintree in Essex. The hub, akin to a motorway service station with retail and other services, will house 24 EV chargers that the firm claims will be able to deliver up to 350kW of charging power simultaneously. Gridserve hopes to develop a UK Read more…

Renault Trucks has partnered with EO Charging as it starts to ramp up commercial electric vehicles. The automaker is targeting retail and SME sectors with its first electric Master ZE vehicles, which come as vans, minibuses or trucks, with Renault planning to also configure them as cherry-pickers, construction welfare vehicles and refrigerated vehicles. A free Read more…

The Energyst is surveying readers for views on EVs and charging infrastructure to better understand business impacts and implications for the energy system. If your organisation is considering electric vehicles and charging equipment – for workplace charging, for customers and visitors, or fleets – please take the 5-7 minute survey. We aim to create an Read more…

Ford and Jaguar Land Rover have signed up as sponsors of The Energyst’s Delivering Net Zero conference and exhibition, 22-23 April, Silverstone. Attendees will be able to drive the latest electric vehicles from both manufacturers around the Silverstone track. Meanwhile the business-to-business event brings together experts from across energy, transport and industry to discuss the Read more…

Honda is pushing deeper into energy management through its partnership with UK-based energy platform Moixa. The carmaker is set to launch its first smart electric vehicle charger with time of use tariffs across Europe via Vattenfall that rewards drivers for charging at times that best suit the grid. Honda says the development will help it Read more…

DPD aiming for UK’s greenest van fleet but CEO says lack of electric vans and trucks is holding back transition. Parcel delivery firm DPD has agreed a deal with MAN Truck & Bus UK 100 eTGE electric vans. DPD says the agreement means will have the largest 3.5t electric van fleet in the UK and Read more…

EDF has acquired a majority stake in UK electric vehicle firm Pod Point. Under terms of the transaction, Legal & General, which held a 13 per cent stake in the company, will increases its share to 23 per cent. Pod Point has one of the UK’s largest charging networks, with customers including Tesco and Lidl. Read more…

Pod Point CEO Erik Fairbairn says UK on cusp of major electric vehicle boom, while EDF is reportedly moving closer to sealing a £110m deal for the firm French power giant EDF is on the cusp of sealing a deal for electric vehicle charging firm Pod Point, according to reports. Sky reported the two were Read more…

Considering a switch to electric vehicles, or planning to rollout charging infrastructure? Then register to attend The Energyst’s EV Event, 22-23 April at Silverstone – the UK’s only EV-dedicated fleet and business exhibition. The two day conference and exhibition provides a roadmap for businesses planning electric vehicle switches and charging infrastructure rollouts. Aimed at fleet, energy and Read more…

Britain’s first town served exclusively by electric buses will be appointed in 2021, as ministers unveiled a new tranche of funding for local authorities. However, manufacturers have urged both local and national policymakers to better align ambition and regulation to unlock investment in cleaner public transport. Yesterday transport minister Grant Schapps urged local councils to Read more…

Public electric vehicle charging operator Source London is to install a further 100 charge points this spring, and said it is on track to hit 3,000 charge points across the capital by the year end. Kingston Council in south west London is the latest of the network’s twenty partner boroughs. It struck a no-capex agreement Read more…