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EV Charging

Charging your EV or PV is an essential part of ownership. Find out about current schemes, apps and installations going on around the UK.

Drayson Racing Technologies

Drayson Announces Wireless EV Charging Agreement with Qualcomm

Drayson Racing Technologies LLP, the low-carbon motorsport and electric vehicle R&D business, today announced that it has entered into a wireless electric vehicle charging (WEVC) licence agreement with Qualcomm Incorporated to include Qualcomm Halo WEVC technology in its products. Qualcomm Halo WEVC technology enables the wireless charging of electric vehicles via a pad in parking […]

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Tesla Motors Presents Model S and Supercharging at Frankfurt

Having last week driven the Tesla Model S at Millbrook proving ground, it is with great anticipation that yesterday’s announcement of Tesla’s electrified network is coming to Europe.  As many of our readers will already know, the Tesla Model S is one of the most hotly anticipated cars ever created, let alone electric cars. However,

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Hundreds of new charging points to be funded across the UK

Hundreds of new EV Chargepoints

Hospitals, stations and streets across the UK will see a wave of new chargepoints for electric cars, thanks to government funding. In February the government announced an extra £37 million to offset the cost of installing infrastructure for recharging electric vehicles. Business Minister Michael Fallon and Transport Minister Norman Baker announced the winning bids for the

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Review: Charge Your Car App

Launched in July 2013, the free Charge Your Car (CYC) app is a world-first in app technology using emerging state-of-the-art charge point management, mapping and mobile payment technologies to allow users to find charge points, plan a route, start and stop a session and, uniquely, pay for a charge at all app-ready charge points across

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BMW i Ventures has announced a strategic investment into Chargemaster Plc

BMW i Invests in UK EV Charging Infrastructure

BMW i Ventures has announced a strategic investment into Chargemaster Plc, the UK’s leading provider of electric vehicle charging infrastructure. In addition to this investment, Chargemaster and BMW i have entered into a wide ranging cooperation agreement whereby Chargemaster will provide a range of E-mobility services.  Both parties will carry out joint electric vehicle (EV)

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Delta Motorsport E-4 Coupe

Qualcomm Wireless Charging for EVs

Qualcomm Incorporated and Delta Motorsport, a UK automotive and motorsport engineering consultancy, today announced that Delta has agreed to integrate the Qualcomm Halo™ Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging (WEVC) system into its Delta E-4 Coupé electric vehicles, which are intended for deployment in Qualcomm’s London WEVC trial. The London WEVC trial is scheduled to commence in

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