Royal Mail rolls out another 87 electric vans
Royal Mail is adding another 87 electric vehicles to its London fleet. The vans, Mercedes eVitos and Peugeot Partners, will arrive at the Mount...
Nottingham City Council to roll out wireless taxi chargers
Nottingham City Council is to trial wireless electric taxi chargers after receiving government funding.
The trial, which involves the council, Cenex, Sprint Power, Shell, Parking...
EV maker Arrival exits stealth mode with €100m from Hyundai
UK electric vehicle maker Arrival has landed €100m (£85m) investment from Hyundai and its subsidiary Kia Motors.
The Korean automakers will use Arrival technologies to...
Five electric vehicles take Islington town hall off grid
Islington Council can now run its town hall entirely off grid at peak times, using five Nissan ENV200 electric vans to provide power.
Under a...
EV Taskforce: Create better flex incentives for electric vehicles
Stronger incentives and new markets will be required to unlock potentially gigawatts of electric vehicle flexibility, according to a government-appointed taskforce.
The call was among...
Eaton and Green Motion bundle EV charging and battery storage
Eaton and Green Motion are touting bundled EV charging stations and battery storage for commercial sites. The two aim to sidestep UK grid constraints,...
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...