Charging your EV or PV is an essential part of ownership. Find out about current schemes, apps and installations going on around the UK.
Tusker, one of the UK’s leading car benefit companies, recently installed a substantial number of Rolec’s AutoCharge electric vehicle charging pedestals at its Watford HQ. Each of the AutoCharge pedestals were equipped with Rolec’s EV Charge Online pay-to-charge system, allowing EV drivers to use their mobile phone to pay to charge using Visa, Mastercard, American …
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When Ecotricity first launched the Electric Highway – a series of rapid charge points across England, Scotland and Wales – the service was free to use. This helped attract many new owners of electric vehicles who were otherwise put off at the prospect of running out of juice along the roadside, with nowhere in-between towns …
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The days of plugging in may be over sooner than expected, after successful trials of a new 20kW wireless charging road in France have been undertaken by Renault, Qualcomm Technologies and Vedecom. The demonstrated took place today, 18 May 2017, and showed-off Dynamic wireless Electric Vehicle Vharging (DEVC), which allows vehicles to charge while driving. …
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From today, electric vehicle (EV) drivers can visit Chargie (www.chargie.net) to book a charge at domestic chargepoints across the UK. That means at someones house or driveway, not usually public points. Chargie is the world’s first dedicated and bookable peer-to-peer electric vehicle charging service, which will enable EV drivers to access the domestic, wall-mounted chargepoints …
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Source East, an electric vehicle charging network, has long been plagued with problems. On 31st March 2017 Source East will cease to exist, as its operators cite unsustainable running costs as the primary reason for its closure. Electric vehicle drivers had experienced difficulty in using the charge points, due to a lack of RFID cards …
Evolt, the nationwide electric vehicle (EV) charge point supplier, is exhibiting four new products at the Cenex Low Carbon Vehicle (LCV) Event, 14 – 15 September at the Millbrook car testing facility near Bedford. The first live demonstration of its energy storage solution e-Stor, which supports EV charging equipment will be shown. Similar to home …
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Once again, Scotland will lead the electric vehicle charge thanks to a new contract between Transport Scotland and Charge Your Car (CYC). Electric car users across Scotland will be able to plug in to an improved charging network. The £750,000 contract sees CYC appointed to operate the ChargePlace Scotland network of over 550 electric vehicle …
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Every other Swede thinks shortage of charging points is a major obstacle to driving electric cars, according to a new survey. More than half of all Swedes are willing to offer up charging points in their homes. Just as many think politicians are not doing enough to reach the goal of fossil free cars by 2030. This is the reason to Renault’s new initiative Elbnb – a nationwide social marketplace where anyone can share their electricity and create change…
During CHAdeMO’s annual General Assembly in Tokyo, Japan on 1st june 2016, the Association’s management has announced its plans and ongoing activities toward bringing high power CHAdeMO chargers to the market in a bid to stay relevant despite newer standards like CCS keen to takeover.
This year, the Association plans to release an amendment to the current protocol, which will enable charging up to 150kW (350A). The revision of the protocol (that was already announced to the Regular Members last year) is still ongoing with technical consultations held with members…
Evolt, the Electric Vehicle (EV) charge point supplier, has completed the installation of Cumbria’s first publicly accessible EV Rapid charging network, which is now available for public use.
Evolt has been installing charge points around the county with nine top-of-the-range 50kW Rapid Chargers that can recharge an average EV within 30 minutes. A further Evolt 7Kw Fast Charger, ideal for quick ‘top-ups’ during short stay visits, has also been…
