UK electric vehicle (EV) charge point supplier POD Point has launched a new crowdfunding round to raise the final £1.5 million needed to meet its £9 million target after securing investment from a range of sources.
A trial is underway in London to convert streetlights connected to UK Power Networks' electricity network in central London into charge points for electric vehicles.
The government has set out its plans for the future of UK electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the UK, including powers to standardise new publicly accessible chargepoints; requirements for smart technologies to allow chargepoints to help balance the grid; and minimum provision of charging infrastructure at motorway services.
Sales of ‘alternative fuel’ vehicles (AFVs) have got off to a flying start in 2017 and set a new record for percentage share of the market, The Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders has said.
Falling costs of solar PV and electric vehicles (EVs) could curtail new demand for coal and oil as early as 2020, according to a new report by the Grantham Institute at Imperial College London and the Carbon Tracker Initiative.
Keeping energy costs low for businesses while securing the economic benefits of transitioning to a low carbon economy will form one of the central tenets of the government’s new industrial strategy, expected to be published in full today (23 January 2017).
The mayor of London Sadiq Khan has unveiled a £2.5 million funding drive for electric vehicles designed to help improve the capital’s faltering air quality.
