Charging & infrastructure - Page 31

Deal will allow drivers of electric vehicles to access both charging networks

Around 780% of charging is done at home and the other 20% is somewhere between work or destinations such as supermarket car parks or on-street

Nissan and EDF have signed a deal to work together on developing smart charging solutions, known as vehicle to grid (V2G), for electric vehicles (EVs).

The first £70m of funding will create 3,000 new rapid charge points, more than doubling the number of rapid charge points across the UK by 2024.

Hyundai Motor Group has joined Ionity, the joint venture between BMW Group, Ford Motor Company, Daimler AG, and the Volkswagen Group with Porsche AG.

Electric vehicle charge point pioneer Calvey Taylor-Haw was unfairly dismissed by BP Chargemaster, Watford Employment Tribunal has ruled.

Science and Technology Committee also calls for a ban on new ‘conventional’ petrol and diesel vehicles, including hybrids, by 2035, at the latest.

The development and launch of the app, available at the Google Play Store, was made possible thanks to a £36,000 funding boost from the Green Economy Fund.

EO Charging has partnered with Moixa to create a smart home battery and solar package for electric vehicle drivers.

InstaVolt has installed its first ChargePoint Express 250 electric vehicle (EV) rapid charger and plans to roll out more this summer.

EV chargepoints part of work which will include converting the airport's own fleet to zero emissions.

Tritium has agreed to provide Drive Energi with electric vehicle (EVs) rapid chargers.

East Lothian Council has chosen SWARCO eVolt to supply its electric vehicle (EV) charging units.

Franklin Energy has been awarded £1.7 million of funding by the Department of Transport (DfT) to improve electrical vehicle charging technology for on street environments.

Last month Rolec EV announced that it reached the 150,000 electric vehicles (EV) charging points manufactured milestone.

Move will see fleet of 16,000 EVs across Europe, Japan and the US – saving more than 80,000 metric tonnes CO2 a year.

Centrica has announced further growth of its digital service, Local Heroes,

The Government has revealed plans to have new-build homes fitted with their own EV charging point.

All new electric vehicle rapid charge points should provide debit or credit card payment by spring 2020 under a new Government ambition outlined today.

Hyve - a factory with the capacity to produce up to 30,000 vehicle and energy storage battery packs each year – opened in Sunderland today.

Emissions reduction rate must radically improve, says new report

DfT has awarded almost £40m to 12 projects aimed at transforming the UK’s electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure.

The UK is lagging behind Europe on electric vehicle charging infrastructure, creating a barrier to widespread EV adoption, research by Delta-ee has found.

Engenie has received planning permission from Cardiff Council for the first 4 of 12 new rapid electric vehicle (EV) charge points, doubling the number of city centre chargers.

Roads Minister Michael Ellis has today (24 June 2019) announced that all government-funded home chargepoints installed in the future must be ‘smart’.

Pod Point is once again making its 2,000-strong public charging network free on Clean Air Day, to promote the benefits of electric vehicles.

Engie has acquired ChargePoint Services (CPS), a UK provider of integrated EV charging solutions, and owner and operator of EV charging network, GeniePoint.

Long-term tax incentives, improved lead times and more rapid charge points are needed if the Government is to meet its ‘net zero’ emissions pledge.

New products will allow fleets to meet the additional power demands of new charging points by generating, storing and managing their own power on site.

Ionity has opened its first high-power charging station in Maidstone, providing 350kW charging using renewable energy sources.

The research suggests delivering this infrastructure will cost some £1.6 billion between 2020 and 2030.

Company car parks and council pool fleets are among the scenarios which are best suited to vehicle to grid (C2G) electric vehicle charging, Cenex has found.

A standardised electric vehicle charging payment method would allow fleets to accelerate their transition to EVs, says Cornwall Insight.

Google Maps has launched a new function which delivers real-time search results detailing electric vehicle charge point availability.

Moixa is to create a virtual power plant (VPP) linking solar panels, batteries and electric vehicles in hundreds of homes, schools and council buildings.

Fastned has opened a 350kW-ready electric vehicle charging station in Sunderland – its first charging station in the UK.

Instavolt installed 72 electric vehicle rapid chargers in March in the UK – a new company record.

A £41 million Energy Superhub with the power to charge hundreds of electric vehicles at the same time is to be built in Oxford to help “kickstart an EV revolution”.

Ford has developed a smart algorithm to identify the most beneficial places to locate new rapid charging units.

Ionity will open its first UK station next month on the M20 near Maidstone, marking the first step of a planned network of 50 over the next 18 months.