• IMI backs government inquiry into EVs
    • 21/08/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The IMI has urged the government to consider incentives, infrastructure, availability and end-of-life disposal after it announced a new inquiry into the electric vehicle experience. The inquiry is seeking industry and customer feedback on their real-life challenges with EVs, as the government considers the [...]
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  • Plans unveiled to ensure 99% charging reliability
    • 14/07/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The government is planning to introduce new regulations that will require public charge points to have a 99% reliability rate, with providers facing fines of £10,000 for units that fail to comply. The new Public Charge Point regulations put an emphasis on durability and convenience, with chargers also required to [...]
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  • 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 [...]
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  • Charging infrastructure developing too slowly
    • 26/01/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The number of installed public devices has increased by 8,680 since January 2022, according to figures released by the government. This represents an increase of 31% increase. Meanwhile, the number of rapid charging devices increased by 34%, with an additional 1,731 public devices installed. Mark Newberry, [...]
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  • 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 [...]
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  • EV survey highlights charging demand
    • 20/12/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Zap-Map has released the most comprehensive survey of electric vehicle (EV) drivers in the country. Its annual EV Charging Survey, which was conducted in September 2022, took responses from more than 4,300 Zap-Map users. It revealed that although 84% of respondents have a home charger, the vast majority of EV [...]
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  • Drivers dissuaded from EVs by rising bills
    • 17/10/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    New research has found that although 14% of drivers says their next car will be an electric vehicle, the proportion of those expecting to switch has shrunk in the last year. An RAC survey of 3,000 drivers found that 28% of those surveyed planned to change their vehicles in the near future, down from 36% in 2019, [...]
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  • Motorway charging exceeds petrol prices
    • 08/09/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The cost of charging an electric car at motorway services can be up to 28% higher than filling up with petrol. This is according to the latest research from What Car?, which drove two electric cars and their petrol-powered equivalents in convoy on a 200-mile journey between Yorkshire and Cobham, just south of [...]
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  • EV buyers put off by lack of infrastructure
    • 17/08/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Underlining the current shortfall of public charge points, a new survey has found that only a quarter of drivers would be comfortable owning an electric vehicle if they had to solely rely on public chargers for recharging. According to the latest research by What Car? of 1276 in-market buyers, of which 265 were [...]
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  • Public charge rollout behind schedule
    • 11/08/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    More than half of local authorities are failing to rollout public electric car charge points at the speed necessary to meet the government’s target of 300,000 by 2030. According to research carried out by LeaseLoco, based on data from the Department of Transport, 61% of authorities are falling behind the required [...]
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