Enterprise adds 17 Toyota Mirai hydrogen cars to UK fleet
Enterprise Rent-A-Car has taken delivery of 17 Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell electric cars for a pilot programme in which the company will examine...
Volkswagen begins electric vehicle battery recycling
Volkswagen has opened its first EV battery recycling plant, recovering raw materials like lithium, nickel, manganese and cobalt in a closed loop together with...
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...
Big increase in demand for EVs as tax incentives take effect
Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) surged to take a 15% share of new lease car registrations in the third quarter of 2020, as the Government’s...
Taxi company acquires MG5 fully-electric estate cars
One of the first private hire and taxi firms to embrace electric car technology has added five new fully-electric MG5 estates to its fleet.
Blackpool-based...
Škoda Auto produces 100,000th battery for plug-in hybrid models
Škoda Auto manufactured its 100,000th high-voltage traction battery at the company’s headquarters in Mladá Boleslav. The Czech carmaker invested approximately €25.3 million in 2019,...
Parking bookings for EVs on the rise, new data shows
The study by YourParkingSpace.co.uk, revealed that parking bookings for pure EVs - some of which come with a charging option so drivers can top...
Mitie Landscapes launches UK’s first zero emission gritting service
Mitie has launched the UK’s first fully electric gritting service, using a trial route in Nottingham, designed to maximise the number of sites it...
Lidl installs 100th Pod Point rapid charger
Lidl has installed the 100th Pod Point 50kW rapid charger in its network of UK stores.
The supermarket’s newest charge point, at its Hayes Uxbridge...
Government expands EV chargepoint support schemes
The Department for Transport (DfT) is extending its programme that provides up to £350 towards the cost of an EV chargepoint, to people in...
Jaguar range to be all-electric by 2025
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) said its Jaguar brand will be all-electric by 2025 as it looks to become a net zero carbon business by...
Ford commits to electric future with $22bn investment by 2025
Ford committed today that by mid-2026, 100% of its passenger vehicle range in Europe will be zero-emissions capable, all-electric or plug-in hybrid, and will...
Modern Fleet magazine launches
Today sees the launch of our new EV magazine Modern Fleet. The EV market is growing rapidly and while many challenges remain one thing...
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...
LowCVP moves ‘from Low to Zero’ and becomes Zemo Partnership
LowCVP moves ‘from Low to Zero’ and becomes Zemo Partnership to accelerate transport change
To highlight the fact that UK road transport emissions will have...
Battery gigafactory in Coventry “could be operational by 2025”
Plans to build an EV battery gigafactory at Coventry Airport have been unveiled.
Coventry City Council will enter a Joint Venture partnership with Coventry Airport...
EVs could outnumber diesels in UK by 2030
Drivers believe that electric cars will outnumber diesel cars on UK roads by 2030, according to a survey by the AA.
Results of the online...
EV charging ‘hyper hubs’ for York
City of York Council is investing £2.2m in two EV charging 'hyper hubs', both due to open in June this year.
The council is working...
Kia launches integrated EV charging service
Kia Motors (UK) has launched an integrated public charging service, giving drivers of its EVs the opportunity to use to more than 13,900 charge...
EV drivers asked for views on charging points
The Electric Vehicle Association England has launched a driver survey on public charging, which will be used to shape its response to the current...