Fastned opens North East charging station
Rapid charging company Fastned has opened an EV charging station at Barnard Castle in County Durham.
The station is located on the A688, the town's...
EQT Infrastructure to acquire InstaVolt
EQT Infrastructure has agreed to acquire independent rapid EV charging operator InstaVolt from Zouk Capital.
The company says it will invest significantly to accelerate InstaVolt’s...
Volvo to develop electric FM concrete mixer trucks
Volvo has entered a long-term collaboration with Danish ready-mixed concrete supplier Unicon to develop and supply electric FM concrete trucks.
The manufacturer is due to...
Q&A: Amy Stokes, head of e-Mobility, Volvo Trucks UK & Ireland
Modern Fleet talks to Amy Stokes, head of e-Mobility, Volvo Trucks UK & Ireland about the wider benefits of switching to electric as well as the electrification...
DAF Trucks to provide EV charging stations
Daf Trucks owner Paccar has announced it will provide customers with ABB charging stations via its dealer network across Europe and North America.
Under the...
Portable EV charger on course for deliveries in 2023
A new portable EV charger has now reached prototype stage and is on course to start deliveries to customers in early 2023.
The Go charger,...
Vauxhall and JustPark to encourage EV charge point sharing
Vauxhall has partnered with JustPark to encourage more householders with EV charging points to share their driveway parking spaces.
The vehicle manufacturer says it will...
Triumph reveals its prototype TE-1 electric motorbike
Triumph has unveiled its prototype TE-1 electric motorbike, featuring an advanced battery system developed by Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE)
The all-new battery has peak power...
Volvo and Northvolt to build battery plant in Gothenburg
Volvo Cars and battery developer Northvolt are to build a new battery manufacturing plant in Gothenburg, Sweden, which will start operations in 2025 and...
Ceres eyes China expansion via Weichai and Bosch
Shares in Ceres Power, the fuel cell innovator in solid oxide technologies, surged nearly 25% in the LSE this morning, on news that it...
Osprey to install EV charging across major retail sites
Each of an initial ten sites, which are home to major retail brands such as Aldi, The Food Warehouse and Costa, will host up...
Polaris Ranger EVs aid conservation of park
The Greensand Trust has taken delivery of two Polaris Ranger EVs to help maintain its 400 acres of woodland, heathland and meadows open to...
Zenith: £475m green bond for EVs
Vehicle leasing company Zenith Group has raised a £475m green bond to further its work switching to EVs.
Over the next two years, the group...
Scotland to double public charging network with new £60m fund
The Scottish Government has published its draft vision for the public EV charging network, which includes a £60m fund for increasing the number of...
Mer EV chargers installed at flexible workplaces
Mer has installed 25KW DC semi-rapid chargers at four of IWG’s hybrid workspace locations across the UK with more installations to follow over the...
RAC becomes first major breakdown company to launch all-electric patrol van
RAC is to begin using an electric patrol vehicle to attend its two most common breakdowns – batteries and tyres – which together account...
Electrifying performance: Berlin’s Olympic Stadium to get solar PV
The Olympic athletics track on which legendary sprinter Jesse Owens defied Nazi racism in 1936 is soon to be further enhanced, being overlooked with...
Britishvolt to build UK battery Gigaplant
EV battery cell manufacturer, Britishvolt is to build its first full-scale electric-vehicle Gigaplant in Northumberland.
The transformation and development of the 93-hectare site near Blyth,...
Citroën’s electric ë-Berlingo van launches in UK
Citroën’s ë-Berlingo van has officially launched in the UK, completing the brand’s electric LCV range.
The van is priced from £25,980 and available either as...
New guide for electricians looking to enter EV market
UK Power Networks and the Electrical Contractors Association (ECA) have released a guide to the connections process for installers who want to move into...