Volvo to be fully electric brand by 2030
Volvo Cars plans to roll out several additional EVs over the coming years and says by 2030, every car it sells will be fully...
Octopus adds NewMotion to Electric Juice Network
Octopus Energy has added the NewMotion charging network – which includes Shell Recharge - to its Electric Juice Network.
Customers of Electric Juice will have...
Waitrose to electrify delivery fleet, trial vans from Arrival
Waitrose is aiming to electrify its delivery fleet and will start trialling two new designs from UK e-mobility firm Arrival early next year.
Waitrose and...
Flexitricity first energy partner for Electric Nation V2G project
The Electric Nation Vehicle to Grid (V2G) trial, a project of Western Power Distribution (WPD) and CrowdCharge that will demonstrate how electric vehicles (EVs)...
Dorset Council to install 44 new EV chargepoints
Dorset Council is installing 44 new EV chargepoints at car parks around the county in partnership with Joju Charging.
The 22kW chargepoints, using 100% renewable...
Government invests £20m in EV charge points
The Department for Transport (DfT) is providing £20m to local authorities in an effort to boost the number of on-street EV charge points in...
Centrica introduces ‘virtual fuel card’ for EV fleet charging
Centrica has launched an app enabling drivers to plug in to any standard home, workplace or on the road charger and be automatically reimbursed...
JustPark to make 800 new EV chargers available through Zap-Map network
Parking platform, JustPark, is to make more than 800 EV charging points available on the Zap-Map platform from June 2021, with new locations continually...
UK Power Networks launches EV charger surgery for councils
UK Power Networks says its new electric vehicle charging surgery for local councils could save them millions of pounds by matching chargepoints with network...
Electric vehicles: Least regrets for local authorities
Local authority leaders have committed to net zero. Now they have to deliver. No mean feat, but there are some least regrets options, says...
Ineos and Hyundai sign hydrogen power partnership agreement
Ineos has signed an option to use a Hyundai fuel cell system in its debut vehicle, the Grenadier, under a new partnership agreement between...
Volvo to triple EV production at Ghent factory
Volvo Cars is tripling electric car manufacturing capacity at its plant in Ghent, Belgium, to meet growing demand for its Recharge line-up of EVs.
According...
Volta Trucks to use Proterra battery
Volta Trucks has selected US-based firm Proterra as the battery supplier for its new Zero full-electric 16-tonner, designed for inner city distribution work.
Customers will...
UK needs to install 700 charge points per day to switch to EVs by...
EVs are for ‘fleets not families’ suggests the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, warning 2030 targets could be in jeopardy. The SMMT casts...
Electric vehicle registrations top 6 per cent as sales accelerate
New registrations of electric vehicles reached 6.1 per cent in June and have moved ahead of industry projections against a backdrop of steep overall...
ScottishPower supports businesses to make the switch to electric vehicles
As part of ScottishPower’s ongoing commitment to help UK businesses work towards a green recovery, Jamie Elliot, Head of Electric Vehicle Charging, explains...
Gridserve and Hitachi Capital launch EV leasing service
Gridserve has launched an EV leasing business in partnership with Hitachi Capital, designed to bring the cost of driving electric well below that of petrol...
Electric Blue installs EV fast chargers in St Albans
Electric Blue has installed EV fast charging points in a car park next to the busiest leisure centre and park in St Albans.
The three...
Ionity joins Electric Juice Network
Ionity has become the latest EV charging network to join Octopus Energy’s Electric Juice Network (EJN).
The company, based in Germany, has 350kW ultra-rapid chargers...
Liberty Charge launches EV charging programme
Liberty Charge has begun its UK rollout of EV charge points, installing an initial 20 across ten sites in the London Borough of Waltham...