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OtherMONEY TALK: November’s Budget: Apocalypse postponed
The main takeaway from the Budget is that the Chancellor has raised taxes. Does anyone expect something different from a Budget – except in the year before an election? But she has done this in a relatively stealthy way, says industry commentator Jan Mikula.
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OtherCOMMENT: The new pay-per-mile EV tax is actually pretty good, but…
It’s all too easy to criticise governments, and while we have been given significant cause to do so over recent years, the new pay-per-mile EV road tax, dubbed eVED, is that rare thing: a good policy. Yes, there’s a ‘but’ coming, but let’s first consider what makes eVED decent.
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NewsEV-OG promotes the freedom of going off-grid with EV charging
EV Off Grid (EV-OG) has revealed an ultra-rapid electric vehicle charging solution for sites unable or unwilling to get electricity capacity the conventional way to introduce charging hubs.
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NewsHow will the new pay-per-mile tax system work? eVED explained
One of the more significant announcements contained in Budget 2025 is that electric and plug-in hybrid cars will be subject to a new pay-per-mile tax system from April 2028.
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NewsRaw Charging and Connected Kerb voted best destination and on-street chargepoint providers
It was only a couple of weeks ago that Zapmap revealed MFG is one of the better rapid chargepoint providers, and the firm has now detailed that Raw Charging and Connected Kerb are the best-rated firms where slower charging is concerned.
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NewsForecourt operators respond to “disappointing” Budget, as fuel duty rise and EV pay-per-mile tax announced
Forecourt operators have reacted to the measures included in this year’s Budget with general dismay, while criticising Chancellor Rachel Reeves for refering to “rip-off” fuel retailers.
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NewsNew EV charging hub opens in East London retail park
Chargepoint firm Raw Charging has opened its latest EV charging hub at an East London retail park owned by investment firm Aberdeen Group, echoing a deal from earlier in the month that saw Raw open a hub at a shopping centre owned by Aviva.
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NewsCharging firm Believ wins multimillion council contract to install 470 changepoints
It was only this summer we reported chargepoint firm Believ had secured £300m in funding from various firms, and the company is now putting at least some of that cash to use after winning a contract to install 470 on-street chargepoints across North Lincolnshire.
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NewsEV charging hub to be built on prime Peterborough plot
A new EV charging hub is to be built in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, on a plot of land that is close to two major tranport routes in the city, and currently trades as a hand car wash.
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NewsGrove Retail to resurrect derelict petrol station – but with no petrol pumps
Top 50 Indie Grove retail, which operates around 30 forecourts, has been granted planning permission to reinstate a derelict petrol station – with every amenity bar petrol pumps.
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NewsNew EV charging hub “one of only a handful” in Wiltshire
Chargepoint operator Allego has opened a new set of EV sockets in Westbury, Wiltshire. The development on the A3098 is said to be “one of only a handful” in the county.
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AnalysisCOMMENT: If all the world’s a stage, our EV policies are a farce
Confusing, often contradictory, messaging on EV policy is making it harder for retailers to make the right strategic and investment decisions in this important segment. Hugo Griffiths calls for consistency.
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NewsEG On The Move says “the moment is now” to embrace EV
EG On The Move has announced ambitious plans to embrace electric vehicle charging, and says that “now is the time” for other forecourt operators to follow suit.
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NewsThe AA and Zapmap form strategic partnership to encourage EV uptake
The AA has paired up with chargepoint mapping firm Zapmap, with AA members now able to see chargepoint locations, pricing and availability when using the firms app. The companies say they are also “exploring new ways they can combine” in order to encourage the uptake of EVs.
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NewsFire service warns forecourt fire extinguishers ‘futile’ for electric car incidents
Forecourt staff should be warned against trying to put out a fire caused by an electric vehicle, warned a spokesperson from the London Fire Brigade at the APEA Live conference last week.
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NewsElectric cars to pay London Congestion Charge as squeeze on EV drivers continues
Transport for London has announced that drivers of battery-powered cars will have to pay the Congestion Charge from next year, when the cost of the tariff will increase by 20%.
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NewsTransport Secretary opens new MFG charging hub as firm continues £400m EV programme
Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander has opened a new MFG EV Power charging hub at the firm’s Marlborough Road forecourt in Swindon, Wilts.
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NewsMFG's EV charging network ranked behind only Tesla
MFG’s £400m investment into EV charging has seen it ranked the second-best major network provider in the UK with the firm only being bested by Tesla, many of whose chargers require a Tesla car to use.
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NewsRaw Charging’s contract with Aviva Investors sees new hub open at £33m shopping centre
Raw Charging, which focuses on EV sockets in retail, hospitality and leisure locations, has opened its largest hub yet at a retail park owned by Aviva Investors.
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NewsShell to replace valeting hub with EV chargers
Local authorities have granted Shell planning permission to install six EV charging bays at a forecourt in Leicester, with the chargers sitting on land currently occupied by a jet wash and separate car-care bay.