UK battery storage research gets £42m boost
Four projects have been awarded £42 million to address the battery storage challenges faced by the electric vehicles (EV) industry. The Faraday Institution, established as part of the government’s £246...
View ArticleNew £7m initiative to trial vehicle-to-grid charging
A new initiative to develop a large-scale domestic trial of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging in the UK has been launched. ChargePoint Services, Energy Saving Trust, Octopus Energy, Open Energi, Navigant...
View ArticleSwitching to EVs ‘could save SMEs £625m’
Switching to electric vehicles (EVs) could deliver savings totalling £625 million for UK businesses. That means as many as 435,000 small and medium sized firms (SMEs) could each save up to £1,440 per...
View ArticleMalta, Romania referred to court over alternative fuels infrastructure
The European Commission has referred Malta and Romania to the Court of Justice for failing to notify their national policy frameworks on alternative fuels infrastructure. Member States were required to...
View ArticleBP invests $5m in mobile EV charging firm
BP has invested $5 million (£3.6m) in a US-based manufacturer of mobile electric vehicle (EV) charging systems. It plans to roll out FreeWire Technologies’ rapid ‘Mobi Charger’ units at selected BP...
View ArticleOxford electric motor factory officially opened
A new government-backed facility which manufactures electric motors has officially been opened in Oxford. University of Oxford’s spinout YASA’s 100,000 capacity plant will help deliver the next...
View ArticleNew head appointed for UK’s Faraday Battery Challenge
Innovate UK has appointed a new director to head up the research and innovation fund for the development of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs). Tony Harper, currently Director of Engineering...
View ArticleChargemaster expands EV charging network
Chargemaster is set to expand its charging network for electric vehicles (EVs), with 2,000 more planned for 2018. It installed 33 rapid chargers on the POLAR network in January and is investing in...
View ArticleEVs and traditional cars ‘to reach parity within decade’
Electric vehicles (EVs) are to overtake traditional combustion engines in terms of price and performance within a decade. That’s according to Benoit Laclau, Global Power & Utilities Leader at EY,...
View ArticleVehicle-to-grid tech tested in ‘Energy House’
A new project aims to test how batteries from electric vehicles (EVs) can be used to improve domestic energy systems. The partnership between Good Energy, Honda, Upside Energy and Salford University...
View ArticleNew Parliamentary group to raise awareness of EVs among MPs
A new Parliamentary cross-party group is to help raise awareness about the benefits of autonomous and electric vehicles (EVs) among MPs. The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Electric and...
View ArticleRenault opens dedicated electric vehicle store
Renault has opened its first dedicated electric vehicle (EV) “concept” store in Sweden. The car manufacturer said its Renault Electric Vehicle Experience Centre in Stockholm will allow customers to...
View ArticleRenault to launch smart power system on Spanish island
Renault is teaming up with a Spanish energy company to launch a smart electricity system on the island of Porto Santo. The vehicle and technology manufacturer and Empresa de Electricitade da Madeira...
View ArticleWant to get paid to use electricity?
An energy supplier has launched a new tariff that it claims will pay customers to use electricity when demand is low and there is too much power on the UK system. Octopus Energy’s new Agile tariff...
View ArticleShell: Hydrogen can play vital role as energy storage medium
Hydrogen can play a very important role in the long duration storage of energy. That’s the view of Mark Gainsborough, Executive Vice President of New Energies at Shell, who said the company is...
View ArticleGlobal EV count zooms up to 3.2 million
As of the start of 2018, there were more than 3.2 million electric cars on the world’s roads. That’s according to new research from the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg...
View ArticleNew EU innovation deal to address EV battery barriers
A new deal to help innovators address regulatory obstacles in the area of electric vehicles (EVs) has been launched. The European Commission has signed the second Innovation Deal with eight partners,...
View ArticleEnergy UK consults on standards for smart EV charging
Stakeholders across the energy, automotive and technology industries are being invited to give their views on developing standards for smart electric vehicle (EV) charging. Energy UK has launched a...
View ArticleShell awards £120k to three low carbon start-ups
Three businesses have won funding totalling £120,000 to further develop their low carbon technologies. Cambridge start-up Cambond Ltd has developed a sustainable alternative to plastics, called...
View ArticleLight-duty trucks electrify the clean vehicle market
New light-duty electric trucks are hitting the roads in the UK, Germany, Japan and the US. Fuso’s eCanter electric vehicle (EV) is now being delivered to a wide range of customers including flour and...
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