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Scotland Leads Electric Vehicle Charge with ChargePlace Scotland Updates

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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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Evolt Wins a Place on New Scottish Framework to Install EV Charge Points

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Evolt, the electric vehicle (EV) charge point supplier, has been selected by the Energy Saving Trust Limited (EST) as one of the companies to provide EV charging solutions on a new Scotland-wide framework agreement.

The new framework includes the right to tender, be selected, or quote for the installation of rapid, commercial and domestic charging units on the mainland and in the Highlands and Islands. The announcement follows a full tender and is effective immediately to an initial expiry date of…

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Electric Car Charging Available at Most Motorway Service Stations

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The UK is home to an electric revolution, led in part thanks to the adoption and speed at which a rapid charge network has spread across the country.

Of the 165 individual charge points at 70 major UK service stations, 92% are equipped with rapid chargers, allowing electric car drivers to top-up their batteries in 30 minutes. Where a service station straddles the road…

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Williams’ Formula One Technology Used in Scotland to Smooth Wind Turbine Energy

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Wind turbines and Formula One are not two things usually associated with each other. Williams Advanced Engineering has changed that with their innovative flywheel energy storage system, which in simple terms smooths out the fluctuating energy generated by wind turbines. Williams Advanced Engineering is the division of Williams that aims to commercialise Formula One derived

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