Royal Mail passes milestone of 3,000 electric vans
Royal Mail has announced it has passed the milestone of 3,000 electric vehicles across its delivery and collection fleet.
The 3,000th electric vehicle was deployed...
BP to open a battery research and development centre in Britain
BP has unveiled plans to invest up to £50 million in a new EV battery testing centre and analytical laboratory in the UK.
Planned to...
char.gy goes live on Zap-Map’s payment solution in Leicester and Coventry
On-street charging network char.gy is now live on Zap-Pay across its entire network of electric vehicle (EV) chargers. Zap-Pay is the simple way to...
Enel X UK delivers its first e-bus project
Enel X UK has completed its first e-bus project for Abellio London Bus, a division of Abellio Group and a major transport operator across...
Vattenfall enables new zero carbon last mile delivery hubs for Instabox
Vattenfall and the delivery company Instabox have started an international collaboration to provide charging infrastructure for Instabox’s electric vehicle fleet. By the end of...
Ford trials robot EV charging station for disabled drivers
Following initial laboratory testing, Ford is trialling a prototype robot charging station for disabled drivers that they can operate via their smartphone.
According to Ford,...
EV charging points at another five Powys carparks
Powys County Council has installed electric vehicle charge points at another five carparks it manages, increasing its network to 13 sites.
The new charging points,...
EV charging network Mer goes live on Zap-Pay
Mer has become the latest nationwide EV charging network to go live on Zap-Map’s payment service Zap-Pay.
The network joins Osprey, ESB Energy, char.gy and...
Osprey subscribes to ChargeSafe inspection body
Osprey Charging has become the first network to subscribe to ChargeSafe, a public charging endorsement body that independently inspects and rates EV charging locations.
ChargeSafe’s...
EV drivers get 20,000 miles of charge from solar car park
A solar powered EV charging hub has generated enough power for 20,000 miles of driving since its installation at the end of May, at...
£163m Humberside factory to challenge China for magnets and rare earths recovery
Construction has begun of a pioneering British plant designed to wrest control from China of recycling valuable magnetic metals used in EVs and wind...
Council to install 1,000 on-street EV charge points
Gloucestershire County Council has appointed Connected Kerb to install a network of 1,000 on-street EV charging points over the next three years.
The council has...
Ultra-rapid charging grew 40% in the first half of 2022
The number of ultra-rapid charge points has gone up almost 40% since the end of 2021, according to new figures from EV charging app...
Reynolds takes electric trucks from Fraikin
Joining a 212-strong mixed commercial vehicle fleet, the new truck replaces an older diesel asset on multi-drop delivery routes around Bristol and Bath and...
Europcar expands EV fleet
Europcar Mobility Group UK is expanding its EV fleet with several hundred Tesla Model 3s for long-term business rental and Mercedes-Benz EQB 350 SUVs,...
Motor Parts Direct orders 40 Citroën ë-Berlingo Vans
Independent motor factor Motor Parts Direct has begun switching its fleet to electric, with an order for 40 Citroën ë-Berlingo Vans.
Motor Parts Direct, which...
If Carlsberg did HGV trucks…
Carlsberg has taken delivery of two fully electric HGVs in a trial at its Cardiff and Thurrock distribution depots that will potentially deliver 10,000...
Gridserve launches EV test drive programme at forecourts
The programme will begin on July 16 at Gridserve’s’s first EV Awareness Day of 2022 and drivers are invited to book to drive a...
EV charging platform Bonnet partners with DPD
EV chargepoint aggregator Bonnet has announced its partnership with leading parcel delivery company DPD. The partnership will provide DPD’s growing number of UK EV drivers with...
Hundreds of new EV charging points at Network Rail stations
Rail passengers with EVs will be able to charge while they travel thanks to the introduction of 450 new charging points at Network Rail-managed...