InstaVolt becomes rapid charging provider for NFU Energy
InstaVolt says its deal to become rapid charging provider for NFU Energy will enable farmers to rent out pieces of land for EV infrastructure...
Kia and Audi invest to expand Ionity charging network
Kia and Audi have made an additional investment in Ionity that will increase the number of ultra-fast 350kW charge points in the pan-European EV...
Global investment challenge for EV charging infrastructure to exceed $100bn by 2026
Siemens Financial Services (SFS) has released a new insight study which estimates the ‘investment gap’ required over the next six years to rapidly deploy...
First UK Kempower charging hub opens in Wolverhampton
Osprey has opened a new hub in Wolverhampton, the first site in the UK to deploy Kempower chargers which work together to optimise charging...
Nissan to install new solar farm in Sunderland
Nissan has been given the go ahead to install an additional 20MW solar farm at its UK plant, the next milestone on its journey...
Hydrogen fuel cell Toyota car joins JCB fleet
JCB, which is developing its own hydrogen engine technology, has taken delivery of the latest Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel cell car.
The vehicle is among...
GKN launches research facility to develop EV drive systems
GKN Automotive is investing £3.5m in a research facility created to develop next generation of electric vehicle drive systems.
Its new Advanced Research Centre, which...
Charge My Street joins Zap-Pay partner network
Charge My Street has become the latest charge point operator to sign up to EV charging payment service Zap-Pay.
The community-based charging network, which currently...
Gridserve announces motorway electric car charging hubs
Gridserve has announced will open more than twenty ‘electric hubs’ at motorway service stations across the UK by the second quarter of 2022.
The majority,...
Volkswagen enters EV battery partnerships
Volkswagen Group has entered into three new partnerships designed to strengthen its position in the field of battery technology.
Volkswagen and Umicore plan to establish...
Costain enters three-year charging partnership with Elmtronics
Costain has entered a three-year charging partnership with Elmtronics to help it switch its 3,000-strong fleet in the UK to EVs.
During the next three...
InstaVolt heads EV networks in Zap-Map survey
Zap-Map has revealed its annual EV charging network satisfaction table, with InstaVolt’s rapid charging network ranked the UK’s favourite provider.
In the firm’s annual survey,...
Hydrogen Vivaro-e van leaves production line
The first Vivaro-e Hydrogen from Opel, the sister brand of Vauxhall, has rolled off the production line in Germany.
Produced at the Opel Special Vehicles...
Citroën supplies Suez with first ë-Jumpy hydrogen van
Citroën has delivered its first ë-Jumpy Hydrogen van to long-term fleet client Suez Group for testing at its Carcassonne facility in France.
The hydrogen version...
Plug-in car and van grants slashed
Plug-in grants on electric cars and vans have been cut and their eligibility criteria changed with immediate effect.
Grants for electric cars now fall to...
Barnet to install 500 EV charge points by November 2022
Barnet Council is to spend £4.65m installing 500 electric vehicle charge points by November 2022 after securing government funding.
The £3.5m grant from the On-Street...
Tesco to debut Britain’s first electric HGVs
Tesco is to pioneer the use of heavy electric trucks to supply food and other products to its distribution centre in Wales early in...
Arrival co-develops ride-hailing EV with Uber
Arrival has revealed the first finished prototype of its new electric car, developed for use by the ride-hailing industry.
The company, which has been able...
Osprey opens EV rapid charging hub in Croydon
Osprey Charging has opened a new high-powered EV charging hub in Croydon.
The hub, located in Purley Cross Retail Park, features six rapid chargers, ranging...
British Lithium extracts ‘pilot quantity’ lithium from Cornwall
 Rocks under Britain’s west country have yielded up the first ore for a pioneering venture to home-source battery grade lithium. British Lithium Limited believes...