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NewsRaw Charging to roll out 1,000 new chargers in massive £25m project
Raw Charging, which specialises in ‘destination’ chargers at retail and leisure locations, has announced a partnership with commercial property firm Landsec that will see it install over 1,000 new charging bays at locations including Bluewater shopping centre.
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NewsGridserve reveals plans for four more eHGV charging hubs
Chargepoint operator Gridserve has unveiled plans to install four new charging hubs for electric HGVs as the government pushes ahead with its ambition to ban sales of all new diesel trucks from 2040.
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NewsSMMT calls for review of EV targets yet remains convinced 2035 mandate is achievable
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has called for an “urgent” review of the ZEV Mandate, which each year requires a growing proportion of new cars be electric. Yet the organisation remains convinced that all new cars sold from 2035 should be zero emission.
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NewsANALYSIS: EV sales fall despite increased government bungs
While ministers continue to pull every available lever to push electric cars onto drivers, drivers themselves appear to have other ideas, with the EV market share declining in February compared to the same month last year.
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NewsGovernment warned over EV HGV mandate
Plans to mandate that all new HGVs sold from 2040 must be zero emission should not echo the rules in place for cars and vans “under any circumstances”, the government has been told.
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NewsNew terminology launched for EV charging speeds
The official names for EV charging speeds have been changed to “modernise” them. What was once ‘slow’ charging (3kW to 7.9kW) is now known as ‘standard’, while the old ‘fast’ moniker (8kW to 49kW) has been changed to ‘standard plus’. Rapid (50kW to 149kW) and ultra-rapid (150kW+) ratings remain unchanged.
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NewsThree weeks to apply for rural chargepoint grants
Forecourt operators have just three weeks to apply for a £10 million government fund aimed at bolstering rural England’s supply of electric vehicle chargepoints.
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AnalysisCOMMENT: there are now more EV chargers than petrol pumps in the UK; this is a damning statistic
Last week the Department for Transport released a set of statistics showing there are now “considerably more” public EV chargepoints in the UK than there are petrol pumps. But this isn’t the ‘win’ some consider it to be – instead, it’s a damning indictment of the electric car.
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NewsChargepoint firms say more chargepoints will solve the rich Vs poor EV divide
Two rival chargepoint firms have, in two separate pieces of research, looked at the effect drivers’ wealth has on the likelihood of them owning an electric car, and found that more chargepoints are the way to solve the rich Vs poor EV divide.
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NewsCharging firms call for new EV socket-sign rules
The government may have expended much time, money and effort on Fuel Finder, but now the UK’s EV and chargepoint sectors are calling for new legislation mandating chargers be given equal prominence to petrol stations as far as signage is concerned.
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NewsNHS gets £22m injection for EV plug sockets
The National Health Service has received a total of £22m from central government to install chargers for electric vehicles at hospitals and other medical facilities.
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NewsSUMMIT: Government to outline progress on electric motoring
At last year’s Summit, the government spelled out its plans for an electric transition on Britain’s roads. Twelve months on, the same senior official from the Department for Transport’s Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) will provide a progress report.
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NewsBeliev wins council chargepoint contract with financial support from Defra
Chargepoint operator Believ has been chosen by Warrington Borough Council to install and manage a new series of chargepoints in the region, with additional support coming from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
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NewsAllego installs new Scottish chargepoints
French-owned chargepoint firm Allego has completed the installation of four new EV chargers in Aberdeenshire.
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NewsJust 587 of the 40,000 HGVs sold last year were electric
Despite taxpayers funding grants of up to £120,000 per tractor unit, just 587 of the 40,504 trucks sold in 2025 ran on batteries, new data has revealed.
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NewsDevelopers make third attempt to get EV charging station through planning
First, there was the council’s initial refusal; next came an unsuccessful appeal to the government’s Planning Inspectorate. Now, developers have lodged a fresh planning application in the hope of building a 31-bay EV charging hub and drive-thru restaurant on the A34 south of Stoke.
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NewsChargepoint firm Zest partners with Home Bargains
Home Bargains stores across the UK are set to play host to more EV chargepoints following a partnership with Zest.
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AnalysisLEGAL DOCTOR: Potential pitfalls of EV charging and valeting equipment leases
Forecourt operators are signing more leases and ‘as-a-service’ deals for EV chargers and valeting equipment. It is important not to get caught out with unfair contract terms, warns David Emery, a partner in Winckworth Sherwood’s corporate team.
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NewsEV chargepoint firms collapse and merge amid sector-wide losses
It was only a few days ago that the head of a major chargepoint firm warned that companies in his sector are “running out of money”, and the recent collapse of one firm, together with the merging of another, indicates that assessment was valid.
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NewsMoto Exeter is home to largest EV charging Super Hub in the UK
Source: Moto/Gridserve Moto Exeter is now home to 48 ultra-rapid charging bays Gridserve has announced that Moto Exeter is now home to the largest EV charging Super Hub in the country, following the completion of a major expansion at the site. The Exeter Super Hub now features ...