All new rapid EV chargers must have card payment functionality
All new rapid and super fast electric vehicle (EV) chargers installed from April 2020 must offer card payment functionality.
While the mandate only applies to...
BP Chargemaster to install 200 rapid EV chargers at Mitchells & Butlers pubs
BP Chargemaster has signed a deal to install up to 200 rapid electric vehicle chargers at Mitchells & Butlers pubs and restaurants, with 50...
Engenie lands £35m Cube investment, plans 2,000 rapid EV chargers
Engenie has secured £35m in backing from infrastructure investor Cube. The company will use the funds to rollout 2,000 rapid electric vehicle chargers over...
EVs: Engenie and Gridserve push on with charging network plans
Electric vehicle charging company Engenie will install 12 rapid (50kW) chargers in Cardiff as the city aims to reduce air pollution. Cardiff Council has...
Engie acquires electric vehicle charging firm Charge Point Services
French-owned utility Engie has acquired electric vehicle charging provider Charge Point Services (CPS), which owns the Genie Point nationwide EV charging network.Â
The charging company's...
Centrica bundles EV charging, solar and battery storage
Centrica Business Solutions is hoping to take a slice of the burgeoning EV market by bundling charging infrastructure with solar, storage and energy supply.
The...
Vehicle-to-grid study suggests £400 annual revenue per electric vehicle
A UK study into the income potential of using electric vehicles to balance the grid suggests around £400 per annum may be the upper...
Electric vehicles: Define ‘smart’ charging, urge DNOs
UK Power Networks and Northern Powergrid on the need to define what smart charging actually means, greater low voltage network visibility and how businesses...
Free vehicle-to-grid chargers: Businesses sought for EV trial
Businesses with electric vehicle fleets are sought for a London vehicle-to-grid trial.
Firms within the M25 with compatible vehicles (Nissan Leaf, Nissan e-NV200 or Mitsubishi...
Mitie: Getting hold of electric vehicles a major challenge
Mitie has ambitious plans to convert its fleet to electric vehicles. But getting hold of the vehicles is no mean feat.
Mitie plans to switch...
SES Water starts electric van trial with eye on vehicle-to-grid
SES Water has decarbonised its power consumption, the next challenge is its transport emissions. The firm is trialling 10 electric vans with a view...
‘EV charging will be like Wifi: People will go elsewhere if you don’t have...
The tipping point is coming, say electric vehicle (EV) charging point companies, fossil majors and would-be disruptors building charging networks.
“Within five years, EV charging...
Vehicle-to-grid: Are we nearly there yet?
In its most recent Future Energy Scenarios, National Grid predicts up to 11m EVs on UK roads by 2030, and as many as 36m...
EVs: How UPS is driving down emissions
UPS outlines what it has learned from deploying electric vans in central London – and why smart charging could be key to electrifying transport....
Free report: EVs, smart charging and vehicle-to-grid
Businesses surveyed by The Energyst have significant appetite for electric vehicle (EV) chargers.
Our latest report details their deployment plans, whether they have sufficient power...
Oxford goes large on hybrid storage, EVs and heat pumps
Oxford City Council has received government funding to build what it terms a ‘Superhub’ - a massive lithium ion-flow storage hybrid that underpins a...
Superchargers: Why the chicken crossed the road
Electric vehicles and charging infrastructure is the chicken and egg of our times. Without the charging infrastructure, range anxiety persists, dampening uptake. Without the...
WPD outlines EV numbers it can handle, costs and payments for flex
Western Power Distribution's EV strategy details what its network can handle, costs of connections and upgrades - and some interesting plans to pay customers...
EVs: Car parks sought for solar and storage vehicle-to-grid trial
An InnovateUK-funded project to demonstrate how electric vehicles could play a role in stabilising the UK power system seeks six trial sites.
The project will...
Jaguar Land Rover installs 166 smart EV chargers
Jaguar Land Rover has installed 166 electric vehicle chargers at its Gaydon engineering centre.
The company is using 7kW smart charging stations from Shell-owned NewMotion....