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...
Reading revealed as UK’s electric car hotspot
With Electric Vehicle (EV) ownership increasing1 as the 2030 ban on new petrol and diesel vehicles gets closer, new research reveals that EVs are...
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...
Vauxhall launches GSe EV performance sub-brand
Vauxhall has launched a new GSe sub-brand that will be used for its range-topping EV performance models.
The GSe badge stands for Grand Sport Electric...
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...
Ford E-Transit Custom to deliver 236-mile range
Ford has revealed further details of its E-Transit Custom, the EV successor to its best-selling van.
First unveiled this spring, the one-tonne van is a...
West Midlands Gigafactory appoints EV and battery industry expert
West Midlands Gigafactory joint venture has appointed battery industry technology expert Richard Moore to spearhead its strategy and global contact with leading cell manufacturers.
Moore,...
Mer rolls-out EV charging infrastructure at Port of Tyne
Mer has installed 11 fast charging points at the Port of Tyne, to support the transition of the port’s van fleet to battery power...
Lyreco acquires 50 Ford E-Transit electric vans
The new vans join the company’s existing 17 Renault Master Z.E all-electric light goods vehicles at 13 of its 24 regional distribution centres across...
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,...
“Sun more, up top!” Double-decker bus kit takes biscuit
It always happens. You wait ages for a story about electric buses, and then three come along, all at once.
On the heels of Ulster-based...
Swarco EV Charging Stations go live in Powys
Swarco Smart Charging has completed the installation of two rapid electric vehicle chargepoints at Machynlleth in Powys, as the company continues its roll-out of...
How can you make sure you’re giving customers the EV charging points they need?
The UK needs more electric vehicle (EV) charging points at destinations like supermarkets, hotels, cinemas, retail parks and leisure facilities if we’re to make...