With sales of battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles increasing year-on-year, there are now more than 10 million of these vehicles on the road around the world. According to EV Volumes, the total is now 10.8 million worldwide. In 2020 there were …
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Audi tests grid-optimised charging
With more and more electric cars on our roads that will then need to charge, both governments and private companies are thinking about the strain that will put on electrical grids. To combat this, Audi is testing delayed dynamic charging to relieve…
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Renault aims for electric leadership by 2025 with Alpine
There’s been a shakeup at the French manufacturer with some big changes ahead. Renault has released its ‘Renaulution’ plans which include a number of small electric vehicles as well as pivoting the Alpine sports car brand to 100% electric. Renault has …
Hitachi Capital invests £10m in electric forecourts
Leading financial services company Hitachi Capital has just announced a £10m investment in Gridserve Sustainable Energy LTD. Back in December, Gridserve opened the first of 100 electric forecourts to EV drivers. The site at Braintree in Essex features…
Osprey is the fastest-growing independent charging network in 2020
In 2020 the Osprey charging network grew from 49 to 132 sites, despite numerous COVID restrictions and lockdowns. This is down to landlords of destination sites, such as retail parks and pubs, choosing Osprey to install rapid chargers. These destinatio…
When will we see an electric car from Apple?
We’ve been teased with the idea of ‘Project Titan’, Apple’s self-driving car, for a number of years. While Apple never publicly laid out its plans, it was clear that some kind of vehicle was in the works for the tech giant. Now,…
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Tesla Superchargers are already open to other cars
The Tesla Supercharger network offers rapid chargers to Tesla owners but a recent tweet from CEO Elon Musk suggests these chargers are already open to other electric vehicles. The network features around 20,000 different charging points around the worl…
Every parking space could become a charging point with these robots
Volkswagen Group Components has provided us with a vision into the future and a new way in which the charging infrastructure will grow. While fixed charging points are growing every day, the concept from VW Group is that soon an entire car…
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Revealed: UK’s top ranking electric vehicle networks
Major new Zap-Map survey ranks top 16 charging networks as rated by EV drivers Zap-Map, the UK’s leading electric vehicle (EV) mapping service, is today releasing its annual electric vehicle charging network satisfaction rankings. The much-anticipated …
New survey reveals EV switchers don’t look back
Less than 1% of drivers want a return to petrol or diesel A new poll of Zap-Map’s community of electric vehicle (EV) drivers has revealed more than 90% of drivers will not be replacing their current EV with a petrol and diesel vehicle….
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