DX to operate electric vans on IKEA partnership
DX Group has signed a three-year deal to acquire a fleet of electric vans to be used in its delivery and logistics partnership with...
BAE Systems gets new electric vans
BAE Systems has taken delivery of two new electric vans, part of the defence contractor’s plan to decarbonise its commercial vehicle fleet.
Supplied on a...
Sixt to add BYD EVs to rental fleet
Sixt has signed a deal to take delivery of thousands of fully electric, BYD Atto 3 electric family SUVs.
In an initial step, Sixt will...
Bradford puts eCollect electric refuse truck into service
Bradford Council has put its first Dennis Eagle eCollect refuse truck to work after it successfully trialled the all-electric vehicle earlier this year.
The council...
Q&A interview: Jonathan Roper, Senior Renewable Energy Consultant, EvoEnergy
Favourite holiday destination?
China, a fascinating country, I’ve been three times and feel I have only scratched the surface, looking forward to visiting again once...
First Bus awards Equipmake contract to repower 12 electric buses
Equipmake, based in Norfolk, expects each converted bus, which will operate on the city’s park and ride scheme, to have a range of 150...
What’s the lifecycle of an electric vehicle battery?
It’s widely accepted that electric vehicles (EVs) are more sustainable than their internal combustion (ICE) counterparts. But while EVs reduce carbon emissions, there are...
Compleo Charging Solutions opens UK headquarters
The site, on the Abingdon Business Park, will replace an older and smaller premises close to Swindon that the Compleo UK team has used...
Westminster to install 500 more EV charging points
Westminster Council has appointed Siemens to install a network of an extra 500 ubitricity EV charge points in the borough by the end of...
Jaguar Land Rover to train 29,000 for all-electric future
Jaguar Land Rover plans to train 29,000 people over the next three years to support its rapid transition to electrification.
The company’s Future Skills Programme...
Connected Kerb secures £110 million for EV chargers
Connected Kerb has secured an investment of up to £110 million from Aviva Investors to support its plans of delivering 190,000 on-street EV chargers...
EV marque GWM Ora appoints Peter Vardy as first retailer in the UK
Chinese EV manufacturer GWM Ora has appointed Scotland-based dealer Peter Vardy Group the first official retailer for its vehicles in the UK.
From November, customers...
GeniePoint EV charging hub for Morrisons lower environmental impact store
Equans has launched its first GeniePoint EV charging hub at the new Morrisons lower environmental impact store in Little Clacton, Essex.
The hub includes a total...
Dorset Council expands EV charging network
Dorset Council has begun a major project to install EV charge points at 23 of its car parks across the county.
This expansion to the...
Fuso launches next generation eCanter electric truck
Daimler Truck subsidiary Fuso has unveiled its next generation eCanter, designed for inner-city distribution transport and last-mile requirements.
Load capacity of the chassis is up...
A climate-neutral car this decade? Pensana & pals plot progress to Polestar 0
Sustainable rare earths and magnets firm Pensana is teaming up with Polestar, Volvo’s EV division, to build the world’s first climate-neutral car by 2030,...
ENW confirms £1 million upgrades for Windermere, floats electric ferry notion
Regional grid operator Electricity North West next month begins £1 million worth of upgrade work. One task will speed the arrival of Lake Windermere’s...
Kinaxia Logistics to trial Tevva electric truck
Electric and hydrogen truck manufacturer Tevva has announced that Kinaxia Logistics will trial its 7.5-tonne battery-electric truck.
The vehicle rolled off the assembly line in...
ProLogium considers UK for new £6.9bn gigafactory
Taiwan-based EV battery maker is considering the UK as the site of its first overseas gigafactory.
ProLogium is seeking to expand production of next-generation solid-state...
Speed up decarb efforts now and save “trillions” by 2050, Oxford study urges ...
Pushing still harder to decarbonise the world’s energy supply by 2050 promises to strip as much as $12 trillion – or £ 10.34 trillion...