Following a rollout of rapid chargers at KFC locations across the UK, InstaVolt has now installed its first charger at a McDonald’s drive-thru in Port Talbot. The fast-food chain wants to play its part in a greener economic recovery, and its ambition….
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Tesla could offer a full self-driving subscription by early 2021
The US automaker promised a full self-driving (FSD) subscription to be ready for 2020 but a recent tweet from Tesla CEO Elon Musk suggests it can now be expected early next year. In the US, FSD costs an extra $10,000 on top…
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Nissan chooses Japan over the UK for its new EV
The Japanese paper Nikkei reported that the new Nissan Ariya will be built in Japan rather than at Nissan’s UK factory in Sunderland. According to the paper, Nissan considered Sunderland but Brexit worries led the manufacturer to decide in favour of ex…
Electric Vehicle Charge Points ‘Lack Accessibility’
A new survey of electric vehicle (EV) drivers has found issues around accessibility for disabled users. Zap-Map, the UK’s leading EV mapping service, polled 2,200 EV drivers on their experiences of using Britain’s charging network. The survey has been …
Wales gets new nationwide charging network
ENGIE has been working alongside Silverstone Green Energy to roll out the first nationwide public charging network across Wales. The Dragon Charging Network will operate alongside linked charging networks such as GeniePoint. Alongside the app and websi…
Britishvolt announces site for its battery gigaplant
Battery manufacturer Britishvolt has announced the location for its gigaplant; the factory will be built in Blyth, Northumberland. This 3,000-job battery factory will be the first of its kind in the UK. The £2.6bn total investment in the gigaplant is o…
Vauxhall offers free charging with the Corsa-e
To incentivise buyers, Vauxhall is offering 30,000 miles of free electricity for charging, as well as a six-month subscription to the Polar public charging network. New Corsa-e buyers who make a personal contract hire purchases before the 11th January …
Zap-Map named the best EV app in the DrivingElectric awards
The DrivingElectric awards, now in their third year, has for the first time looked at EV charging services and innovations, and Zap-Map is delighted to be named as the inaugural winner of the “Best EV app”. Richard Ingram, editor of Driving…
Osprey Charging installs 100th rapid charging site at Marston’s
Across many of Marston’s pubs, you’ll find Osprey rapid charging sites. The 100th charging site has just been announced and was installed as part of a plan to install 400 chargers across 200 sites, supporting the UK’s rapidly expanding infrastructure r…
First green number plates for EVs hit UK roads
We will now start to see green number plates on electric vehicles around the UK. This will raise awareness for the growing number of zero-emission vehicles on our roads. These new plates will also help electric car drivers benefit from local initiative…