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...

£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...

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...

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 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...

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,...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

More EV charging points set for Ipswich car parks

A total of 14 more EV charging points are set to be installed at Ipswich Borough Council car parks this year. New EV charging points...

2030 ICE vehicles ban: make sure your business is ready

With sales and leases of new internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles set to be banned in the UK from 2030, what can your business...

Connected Kerb selected for New York EV charging pilot project

Connected Kerb has been selected to deliver on-street EV chargers for a project designed to help the city of New York cut emissions. The project...

Mitie to install EV charge points for Environment Agency

Mitie has won a £4.5m contract to install and maintain EV charge points for the Environment Agency. The partnership will see Mitie establish an EV...

Good Energy leads £9 million fundraising for Zap-Map to expand overseas

Clean power supplier Good Energy has helped Britain’s leading EV charging firm complete a £9 million fund-raising round, opening its doors wider to international...

Work starts on West Norfolk EV charging points

King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council has begun work installing 26 electric vehicle charging points at seven of its car parks. The first points...

Parcelhub invests £450,000 in electric vans and infrastructure

Parcelhub has announced its commitment to invest £450,000 in the rollout of electric vehicles within its regional depot network. A total of five vans are...

Sporty! Gridserve pit-stops to take on £200 million from M&G’s Infracapital

Solar-power-to-electric-wheels future-seekers Gridserve have secured an initial £200m equity stake from investment giant M&G’s infrastructure equity participant Infracapital. For the five-year old e-charging and EV...