Free 2020 EV report: The road ahead
The Energyst has produced a new, free report on electric vehicles and infrastructure.
The 2020 EV report: The road ahead features a survey of business...
Transport and power: The revolution will not be fossilised
Graeme Cooper, project director for transport decarbonisation at National Grid, says electric vehicles and renewables are mutual enablers, while digisation of energy and transport...
Electric vehicles and infrastructure: Register for ‘EV Week’ webinars
The Energyst invites all businesses considering a switch to electric vehicles and/or rolling out charging infrastructure to attend a free series of webinars, held...
Big firms push for 2030 petrol and diesel ban, EV mandates for carmakers
An alliance of UK firms have urged government to bring forward the ban on sales of new petrol and diesel cars and vans to...
EVs: Moto and WPD trial ‘capacity in a box’ rapid charging solution
Western Power Distribution and Moto service stations are trialling new rapid charging technology that they think could cut costs by around £500k per site.
The...
EVs: Range anxiety the least of fleet operators’ concerns
When it comes to electric vehicles, range anxiety appears to be the least of fleet operators’ concerns, for small vans and cars at least.
Polled...
British Gas orders 1,000 electric vans
British Gas has ordered 1,000 electric vans from Vauxhall.
The UK's third largest fleet operator said the Vivaro-e vans will be delivered over the next...
Electric vehicle registrations top 6 per cent as sales accelerate
New registrations of electric vehicles reached 6.1 per cent in June and have moved ahead of industry projections against a backdrop of steep overall...
Rapid EV charging network Engenie rebrands to Osprey
Rapid electric vehicle charging network Engenie is to rebrand as Osprey.
The firm has to date installed 150 rapid chargepoints at 100 locations. It counts...
Aldi picks Shell’s NewMotion for EV chargers
Aldi has picked Shell's NewMotion division to install EV chargers at all new UK stores.
The deal will see 140 chargers initially installed, with potential...
McDonald’s to install rapid chargers at drive-thrus across UK
McDonald's has inked a partnership with InstaVolt to install rapid chargers at its drive thru restaurants.
The companies did not release details on numbers or...
Smart charging firm ev.energy wins UKPN flex contracts, eyes BM next
Smart charging platform ev.energy had 14 bids accepted by UK Power Networks in its latest flexibility procurement round.
The firm’s technology optimises EV charging times...
Good Energy takes majority stake in Zap Map
Good Energy has taken a majority stake in Zap Map. The green energy company already held a 12.9 per cent stake following a deal...
Rapid growth: Engenie builds out retail park EV charging network
Electric vehicle charging network Engenie said it will complete installation of 17 rapid chargepoints for retail property firm Brookhouse Group by the year end.
The...
V2G benefits ‘much bigger than FFR and arbitrage’
Non-cash benefits from vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology look set to exceed revenues based solely on power aggregation and trading, automotive energy researchers Cenex believe.
It claims...
John Lewis and Air Liquide build biogas plant to fuel trucks
John Lewis is building a biogas plant to help decarbonise its distribution fleet of trucks. The Waitrose owner plans to switch its 4,800-strong fleet...
Arrival unveils electric bus ‘at same price as fossil equivalent’
Arrival has unveiled the next product from its modular range, the Arrival Bus. It says the zero emissions bus will cost no more than...
Gas networks scope fuelling their fleets with hydrogen
Two regional gas networks are sizing up hydrogen’s potential to run their fleets of service vehicles as they strive to cut carbon emissions.
Northern Gas...
UK Power Networks launches EV charger surgery for councils
UK Power Networks says its new electric vehicle charging surgery for local councils could save them millions of pounds by matching chargepoints with network...
WPD offers free bi-directional chargers to drive vehicle-to-grid trial
Western Power Distribution is attempting to drum up participants in a vehicle-to-grid trial by offering free bi-directional charging systems worth over £5,000 to participants.
The...