• Public charging costs set to fall
    • 29/09/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Rising prices of using rapid and ultra-rapid public charge points slowed in September are expected to begin falling in the coming weeks. According to RAC Charge Watch, it now costs an average of 71.41p per kilowatt hour (kWh) to rapid charge an EV on a pay-as-you-go basis, up from 63.29p (13%) a year ago. But that [...]
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  • Europcar announces new Zapmap partnership
    • 06/09/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Europcar Mobility Group UK has announced a partnership with Zapmap to provide rental customers with access to a nationwide network of public charging stations. The partnership is part of the company’s strategy to help drivers transition to electric vehicles. The first phase of this includes a digital showroom [...]
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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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  • New report sheds light on public EV charging usage
    • 28/06/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    The Green Finance Institute and Zapmap have produced a pioneering report that offers a deep dive into the utilisation of the country’s electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure. The new report shows how utilisation of charging has changed over time and provides two effective ways to measure, understand and [...]
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  • EV growth outstripping network development
    • 12/04/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    A new report has predicted that there will be 2.5 million EVs and hybrids sold in the UK in 2030, with 33.4 million EVs on the road by 2040. The study, carried out by EY and Eurelectric, highlighted the need for the development of charging infrastructure and supply chains to be both accelerated and optimised in the [...]
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  • EV car buyers put off by public infrastructure
    • 14/03/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Less than a fifth of electric vehicle buyers would be comfortable owning an electric vehicle if they had to rely on the UK’s public charging network for recharging. According to the latest research by What Car?, just 17.7% of the 1,207 in-market buyers looking for an EV said they would be confident relying only [...]
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  • Rapid price rises at rapid charge points
    • 11/01/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Rising energy costs means it now costs 50% more for drivers to charge their vehicles at public rapid and ultra-rapid charge points than it did last May. According to the RAC Charge Watch, drivers must now pay about £36 to charge a typical family-sized electric car with a 64kWh battery to 80%. This is more than [...]
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  • Coventry named UK’s EV capital
    • 24/01/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Coventry has been named as the best city in the UK to own an electric vehicle. It overtakes Sunderland at the top of the charts, with Newcastle ranked third. Portsmouth was lowest ranked, with Leicester and Liverpool also among the worst. The study, carried out by Forbes Advisor, looked  at 20 of the biggest [...]
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