Energy supplier OVO Energy has launched a new smart charging EV plan allowing customers to access charging rates of 10p per kWh – three times cheaper than the UK average of 34p per kWh.
VEV and Maritime Transport will collaborate to speed the rollout of zero-emission truck charging, while Wrightbus has inked a £150 million deal with HSBC to scale up its manufacturing capacity for ZEV buses.
The number of public charging stations worldwide doubled over the last two years, keeping pace with growing EV sales, and fast charging capacity is projected to grow more than tenfold by 2030.
Octopus Energy Generation has launched a new investment fund to enable pension schemes and private wealth investors to easily invest in the energy transition.
Across Europe, the electricity transmission grid will not keep up with the energy transition unless grid planning rules and the mandates of TSOs and regulators are updated.
UK research consultancy Cornwall Insight has cautioned that any move to introduce zonal pricing in Great Britain will unlikely occur until the early 2030s.
