The government’s plans to improve the UK’s air quality include proposals to require local authorities to provide “active support” for ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEVs), including increased charging infrastructure, and impact business procurement of backup power and plant.
Savills has announced plans to deploy electric vehicle chargers at its managed retail parks and shopping centres in an effort to attract the growing number of EV drivers to the stores.
Transport for London (TfL) has announced an £18 million electric vehicle (EV) scheme which will see hundreds of fast chargers deployed throughout the city by 2020 following grid enforcement work to accommodate the strain.
Energy and electric vehicle company Tesla has pledged to double its global charging network over the course of this year as part of an aggressive expansion.
Almost £250 million is to be spent by the UK government on the development of batteries for electric vehicles over the next four years should the Conservatives be returned to Parliament in June.
The government’s long awaited strategy for meeting the UK’s carbon budgets currently “sits in a holding pattern” following the announcement of a general election in June, according to climate change minister Nick Hurd.
The government has awarded over £78 million of funding to projects related to the development of low carbon vehicles in a further push to grow the UK industry as part of its industrial strategy.
Uber is to deploy its own branded network of electric vehicle (EV) chargers in London after a trial of fully electric cars carried out last year found that the current network is not sufficient to support the growth of EVs.
