Birmingham Airport launches electric buses, eyes shared infrastructure
Birmingham Airport has launched a fleet of six new electric buses – and has designed its charging infrastructure to enable other bus operators to...
Hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle charger aims to solve capacity crunch
Hydrogen power firm AFC Energy has launched a rapid electric vehicle hydrogen fuel cell charger aimed at areas where grid capacity is constrained, or...
UKPN launches vehicle-to-grid hub
UK Power Networks has pulled together details of vehicle-to-grid trials around the world at V2G Hub.
The distribution network operator is involved in various EV...
WPD and ENW plan substation arrays to power electric vehicles
Distribution network operators Western Power Distribution and Electricity North West are working on plans to connect substations together in order to create on-street rapid...
Study: smart charging trumps V2G value – for now
A study involving Honda, Salford University, Good Energy and Upside Energy suggests vehicle-to-grid (V2G) revenues are eaten up by high hardware costs. As such,...
BMW eyes vehicle-to-grid
BMW is taking steps to work out how its electric vehicles could provide power back to the grid.
The carmaker said it plans to start...
EVs: Co-ordinate smart charging or risk CO2 and ‘new super peak’
Without adequate smart charging incentives and policy, electric vehicles will save substantially less CO2 because drivers will naturally charge during evening peaks, when demand...
EV start-up wins EDF Innovation Challenge
A start-up that aims to make charging electric vehicles easier and cleaner has won EDF Energy’s Pulse Innovation challenge.
Ev.energy provides solutions to energy companies...
Brighton & Hove to install 200 lamppost EV chargers
Brighton & Hove City Council will start installing around 200 lamppost electric vehicle chargers in January.
Via Electric Blue, the council will earn 1p/kWh and...
EDF acquires Pivot Power
EDF has acquired Pivot Power, the UK start-up bidding to build a network of 50MW batteries to provide grid services and high speed electric...
Liberty Global to rollout 1,200 EV chargepoints through telecoms boxes
Liberty Global plans to rollout 1,200 on-street electric vehicle chargepoints powered through its telecoms boxes.
Subsidiary Virgin Media operates some 40,000 units across the UK...
The new milk wars: Lidl undercuts Tesco on rapid EV charging
Lidl has outlined a major expansion of its EV charging infrastructure. Customers can no longer use its rapid chargers for free – but the...
Western Power Distribution launches searchable EV capacity map
Western Power Distribution has launched a new, searchable map that enables anyone planning to install electric vehicle charging infrastructure to check whether capacity is...
Mitie: bigger electric vans key to decarbonising fleet
Mitie’s head of fleet and procurement outlines key challenges as the firm bids to decarbonise its fleet by 2030.
Mitie this week rolled out...
EV delivery firm Gnewt joins vehicle-to-grid trial
London-based Gnewt Cargo is the latest firm to join the E-Flex vehicle-to-grid trial, which aims to demonstrate the case for balancing the grid using...
Steven Chu: Europe and the US can lead on batteries and EVs
Europe and the US can challenge Asia for dominance of the battery market, and therefore electric vehicles, according to Steven Chu, former US energy...
Do EV chargepoints require a supply licence? Maybe, says Ofgem
Ofgem has published some guiding principles for businesses operating electric vehicle chargers and supplying consumers with power.
It outlines the challenges in interpreting current energy...
E.ON: Smart approach to EV charging is critical
E.ON will switch its fleet to EVs by 2030. Its experience should drive smarter results for businesses, says Hannah Collishaw, director of E.ON Drive.
Whether...
Good Energy becomes business EV charging infrastructure provider
Renewable power firm Good Energy has launched a business-to-business electric vehicles charging division called One Point.
Destination and workplace charging will become increasingly important as...
Steven Chu: Lithium metal sulphur batteries will make EVs cheap
Steven Chu, the former United States Secretary of Energy, and co-winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize for Physics, believes lithium metal sulphur batteries will...