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April 26, 2023

Just Eat to replace corporate sales fleet with EVs

Takeaway delivery company Just Eat has announced that it will replace 175 diesel vehicles in its corporate sales fleet with electric vehicles (EVs) by 2025.

UK predicted to see 13% increase in EV adoption in 2023. Image: Unsplash.

April 24, 2023

EV charging tariffs and the energy demand dilemma

Across the UK, there has been increasing interest in electric vehicle (EV) charging tariffs in a bid to attract new customers.

Osprey Charging installed as many EV chargers in Q1 2023 as the whole of 2022. Image: Osprey.

April 12, 2023

Osprey Charging installs as many EV chargers in Q1 2023 as in the whole of 2022

Osprey Charging, a UK-based rapid EV charging network, has installed as many chargers in the first quarter of 2023 as it did during the whole of 2022.

April 11, 2023

Stagecoach announces 170 new EV buses to be introduced in Stockport

Stagecoach announced plans on April 6 to invest £37.2 million in a new fleet of 170 electric buses for Stockport. It is the company’s largest ever electric bus order.

GRIDSERVE has a number of Electric Forecourts dotted around the UK. Image: Gridserve.

April 11, 2023

GRIDSERVE opens two Electric Super Hubs to EV drivers in the North East

Sustainable energy business GRIDSERVE and motorway services Moto have confirmed the opening of two new Electric Super Hubs to EV drivers in the North East.

March 29, 2023

Slow introduction of V2G technologies could cost EV drivers up to £6.5 billion on energy bills, says ECIU

The Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) has indicated that should the UK government be slow in the rollout of EV and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology, the UK could miss out on £6.5 billion on energy bills.

Octopus will gain the vehicles over a three year period. Image: BYD UK.

March 16, 2023

Octopus signs MoU with BYD to add range of EVs to Salary Sacrifice scheme

EV manufacturer BYD has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Octopus Electric Vehicles to supply 5,000 new EVs over the next three years.

Char.gy recently confirmed it installed its 2000th charger since 2018. Image: Char.gy.

March 7, 2023

Char.gy completes 500 EV chargepoints in four weeks

On-street EV charging company Char.gy has confirmed it installed 500 chargepoints in the previous four weeks.

March 2, 2023

OVO launches EV charging tariff three times cheaper than UK average

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.