-
NFDA shines light on NI challenges
- 15/04/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The National Franchised Dealers Association in Northern Ireland has met with industry leaders and regulators to discuss key issues within the domestic automotive market, including MOTs and electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Among the key topics under the microscope was the ongoing MOT backlog, which has been [...] -
Polestar announces new charging partnership
- 28/03/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Polestar and Plugsurfing are partnering to launch a new public charging service that will provide drivers with access to 650,000 charge points across Europe. Polestar Charge offers drivers access to the largest charging networks in Europe, including the Tesla Supercharger network, IONITY, Recharge, [...] -
Ohme unlocks EV charging savings
- 13/09/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
EV drivers have been encouraged to switch to a smart tariff to save on charging costs. Home electricity prices are due to be cut next month when the Standard Variable Tariff for domestic electricity is reduced to 28p/kWh, but Ohme, a UK smart charging company, has said that even greater savings can be made by [...] -
Motobility Operations partners Osprey Charging
- 12/09/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Motability Operations has selected Osprey Charging as charging partner. Motobility Operations delivers the Motability Scheme to over 690,000 disabled people. The collaboration will allow Motability Scheme EV drivers to find a location on Osprey’s GB-wide rapid charging network, charge, and pay through the [...] -
RAC announces Egg partnership
- 10/05/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The RAC has announced that Egg is its newest electric vehicle (EV) charging partner, meaning it will now promote Egg’s home EV chargers to drivers as well as provide exclusive offers to RAC members. Egg’s 7kW fast home EV chargers, available in both tethered and untethered versions, are now listed alongside [...] -
ev.energy unveils new flexible charging solution
- 06/03/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Leading electric vehicle (EV) smart charging software specialist ev.energy has launched its new shared EV charging solution for apartments, workplaces and fleets. The solution provides a range of benefits designed to boost accessibility and streamline EV charging globally. Lukas Lukoschek, product manager at [...] -
EV100 sets electrification example
- 22/02/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Leading businesses are already operating over 400,000 electric vehicles (EVs) across the globe as part of Climate Group’s EV100 initiative, a new report has found. The study revealed that EV uptake among EV100 members jumped 93% in the last 12 months and by 2030 EV100 businesses will collectively transition over [...] -
EV drivers stuck in charging gridlock
- 03/01/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The Department for Transport plans to install more than 300,000 electric vehicle charging points by the end of the decade, after it was revealed that drivers waited for more than three hours to charge their cars during the festive period. A lack of rapid and ultra-rapid charge points on UK motorways meant there [...] -
Government’s EV investment ‘falls short of demand’
- 22/10/2021
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The government’s investment plans in electric vehicle charging infrastructure do not go far enough to meet the huge demand for EVs. That is according to one of the country’s leading car leasing businesses, Vanarama, which has seen orders for electric vehicles surge by 1,000% this year. The government has [...] -
Lighting up vehicle charging
- 18/06/2018
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Lampposts could be the answer to electric vehicle charging, thanks to help from researchers at WMG, University of Warwick in bringing a new brand of charging points to market – some of which are powering electric vehicles on the University campus. Startup company char.gy created a new electric vehicle charging [...]