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Bosch, Yuasa and Mitsubishi have set up a joint venture to improve EV battery capacity for future vehicles.

Private hire chauffeur operator Thriev has launched a fleet of 20 zero-emission, fully-electric BYD e6 cars in London.

More than £9 million of new cash has been allocated for electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure as car manufacturers team up with the SMMT and the Government to give the market for plug-in vehicles renewed energy.

Charge Your Car (CYC) achieved 100,000 electric vehicle charging sessions on its network on February 4, 2014.

The Nissan Leaf has continued its market leading electric vehicle status in the UK, with 230 registrations in January.

Fleet Evolution has announced figures which reveal how employees driving vehicles provided through a salary sacrifice scheme reduced their motoring carbon footprint by up to 42%.

Cogas’ Dutch vehicle fleet has seen a mid-term cost-reduction potential of more than 25%, following the introduction of a car sharing scheme.

The Government has allocated more than £9 million to boost the number of electric vehicle charging points as part of its Go Ultra Low campaign.

Renault is hoping to spark more interest in its Zoe electric car with a series of customer and marketing initiatives.

A London private hire company has ordered 20 BYD e6 emission-free vehicles to add to its chauffeur-driven fleet.

A trial established to ensure power companies can meet anticipated demand from electric vehicle (EV) drivers will include a business fleet for the first time.

The UK’s first entirely electric pay-per-use car club, E-Car Club, has launched a service at the University of Hertfordshire.

Birmingham City Council has implemented a network of 36 Evolt electric vehicle charge points at 18 locations across the city in both on-and off-street locations,

More than 140 fleet decision-makers have to-date booked places to attend next month’s electric vehicle seminar hosted by ACFO.

Econnect cars has launched a new private car hire service in London using the Nissan Leaf electric vehicle.

The Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) has confirmed the all-new Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) is eligible for the Government's Plug in Car Grant (PiCG) totalling £5,000.

Enterprise Rent-A-Car is now offering electric vehicles to customers for rental for the first time.

Forrest, the social housing regeneration business, has added two electric vehicles to its fleet as it looks to strengthen its commitment to the environment.

Support for electric vehicles (EVs) from global car makers has reached a crucial tipping point, which will make 2014 the year fleets finally switch on to alternative fuels, according to Alphabet.

A fleet of the all-new range-extended electric Metrocabs will be trialed in London in 2014.

Five new low carbon vehicle technology projects, based in the North East, will receive a £900,000 investment, helping the region in its desire to become the hub of low carbon vehicle technology.

Nissan has further underlined its position as the leader in the electric car market by clocking up the 3,000th sale of the all-electric Nissan Leaf in the UK.

Fleetdrive Electric has teamed up with Tesla Motors to offer fleets the opportunity to take a test drive of the new Tesla Model S electric car.

Forget electric vehicles (EVs); the immediate future is biofuels. That’s the view of oil giant BP which conducted a thorough investigation into all forms of alternative fuels when it created its ‘future fuels team’.

The all-electric Volkswagen E-Up is now on sale priced at £24,250 on the road(or £19,250 including £5,000 Government grant).

Nissan will offer electric vehicle customers a range of additional services, including access to a petrol or diesel car, in an attempt to improve the ownership experience of the Nissan Leaf.

BMW i has partnered with Good Energy to offer i3 and i8 owners with a supply of 100% grren electricity.

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David Hosking, chief executive at Tusker, has become a staunch advocate of the merits of electric vehicles for fleets in certain situations, after driving an all-electric Nissan Leaf for more than 5,000 miles over the last six months.

Renault’s electric supermini Zoe has been adopted by the RSPB and will join the charity’s other electric Renault, a Kangoo Van ZE, at its Bedfordshire base near Sandy.

The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has called for innovative ideas from key players in the automotive industry to help the UK stay ahead of global competition and secure its position as global leader in ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEVs).

All-electric Focus now on sale, priced at £33,580 before the £5,000 Plug-in Car Grant is applied.

Charge Your Car (CYC) achieved a grand total of 72,575 charging sessions on its electric vehicle charging network on October 6, 2013, meaning that the total kWh drawn since the system went live in 2010 has surpassed 350,000.

E-Car Club, the first entirely electric pay-per-use car club, has launched in East London ahead of a nationwide rollout.

Fleets are being given the opportunity to understand whether ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEVs) could work for them through data gained from a series of real-world tests.

A government-backed project, which is demonstrating how fleets of all sizes can cut fuel costs by up to 75%, has reached its halfway point.

The BMW i3 has topped the electric and hybrid car category in The Sunday Times Top 100 Car list despite the i3 not going on sale until November and customers not having driven the car.

Volvo Car Group has developed an alternative to the heavyweight, large and expensive batteries seen in hybrids and electric vehicles today with a new battery that can be fitted to car body panels.

Fleets operating electric vehicles face a key challenge in accurately calculating their running costs unless the vehicles are only ever charged from a public, office or depot based dedicated charging point, according to fleet software provider Chevin.