All Electric articles – Page 60
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NewsGovernment pledges significant funding to support development of EV battery gigafactory
The government has pledged substantial funding to support Britishvolt, the company planning to build a manufacturing plant for electric vehicle (EV) batteries in Blyth, Northumberland.
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NewsThere’s still an ‘insatiable appetite’ for buying forecourts, reports Christie & Co
Despite climate change, electric vehicles and the looming 2030 deadline, there remains an insatiable appetite for petrol filling stations, with multiple buyers hungry to acquire assets at every level of the market, according to Christie & Co’s latest Business Outlook.
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NewsEV chargers on the ‘cusp’ of becoming more profitable than pumps, claims BP
BP’s fast electric vehicle (EV) chargers are on the cusp of becoming more profitable than filling up a petrol car, the company’s head of customers and products Emma Delaney told Reuters.
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NewsBP wind project partnership to accelerate Scottish EV charging network
BP, together with German energy and charging point specialist EnBW, are to develop a major offshore wind project - Morven - off the east coast of Scotland, which will boost BP’s ability to supply and significantly accelerate the expansion of its EV charging network in Scotland to around 4,000 public chargers by 2030.
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NewsBuckinghamshire is the best county to own an EV, says new research
Buckinghamshire has been named the best place to own an electric vehicle (EV), based on the number of public charging points available in the county, but the West Midlands tops the scale for the number of registered EVs
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NewsShell sets the standard as its first EV-only charging hub is officially opened
Shell has officially opened its first EV-only charging hub, in a global pilot that has seen the company transform a traditional fuel forecourt in Fulham to a flagship format on the road to net zero.
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NewsEVs could cause £5bn fall in fuel duty by 2030 warns RAC Foundation
The Chancellor could face losing almost a third of the revenue he gets from fuel duty from cars before the end of the decade because of the move to green motoring, the RAC Foundation has warned.
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NewsMFG unveils plans for 60 new EV hubs and £50m investment in charging in 2022
MFG has unveiled plans to open 60 new EV hubs this year as it invests more than £50m in dual-fuel and EV only sites across its network.
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News2022 is the year of electric, claims used car marketplace boss as Tesla tops the rankings
The future has never felt more electric, claims co-founder of used car marketplace, Motorway.co.uk, Alex Buttle, as he reveals that Tesla topped the list of best-selling used electric vehicles (EVs) in 2021.
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NewsEV charging devices in the UK to hit 40,000 this year, predicts Zap-Map
The UK will hit 30,000 electric vehicle (EV) charging devices in the first quarter of 2022, surpassing 40,000 for the whole year, according to a forecast by EV charging app Zap-Map.
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NewsSales of battery electric vehicles surge up in generally weak market for new cars
More new battery electric cars were sold in 2021 than in the previous five years combined, but overall sales of new cars were well down on pre-pandemic levels.
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NewsMer expands its UK electric vehicle charging business with acquisition of Elmtronics
European EV charging company Mer has expanded its UK business with the acquisition of Elmtronics.
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NewsNew electric bus starts trials at testing facility in the UK
A company that is aiming to manufacture affordable electric vehicles across the globe has begun trials of a new bus at a testing facility in the UK.
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NewsShell opens its first UK electric vehicle charging hub at converted service station
Shell has opened its first electric vehicle charging hub in the UK, at Fulham in West London.
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NewsElectric car subscription service Onto appoints Pod Point as home charging partner
Electric car subscription service Onto has appointed electric vehicle (EV) charging provider Pod Point as its new partner for home charging.
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NewsOsprey Charging opens its first high-powered EV charging hub in London
Osprey Charging has opened its first high-powered EV charging hub in London after starting its rollout of 150 hubs across the UK.
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NewsPartner selected for government-funded project to develop ultra-fast EV charging
Battery maker AMTE Power plc has been confirmed as a partner in a new UK government-funded project called Celeritas to develop ultra-fast charging systems for electric vehicles.
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NewsMFG's EV charging network ranks highly while BP pulse slumps to bottom three in latest Zap-Map user survey
Instavolt is the best electric vehicle (EV) charging network - according to the annual survey of public charging network users by EV mapping service Zap-Map - which put new entrant MFG into second place while BP’s pulse network slipped into the bottom three.
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NewsGridserve unveils plans to open 20 electric hubs at motorway sites by mid-2022
Gridserve has announced that it plans to open more than 20 ‘Electric Hubs’ at UK at motorway service stations by the middle of next year, with 50 additional sites to follow in the next phase of development.