Motorpoint has begun work on the Clean Air Zone Vehicle Scrappage and Travel Scheme in Birmingham. The independent car retailer, which has branches in Aston and Oldbury, was recently selected by Birmingham City Council to help deliver the £10m Clean Ai…
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Bristol Cars is aiming for EV market entry in 2025
Iconic car brand Bristol Cars plans to launch an electric four-seater in 2025 with a new investor. For its 80th anniversary in 2026, investor Jason Wharton wants to make Bristol Cars a “leading British electric vehicle company”. Select models from the …
InstaVolt teams up with the AA to support EV drivers
Charging network InstaVolt has announced it is joining forces with the AA, the UK’s largest motoring organisation, to offer electric vehicle (EV) drivers industry-leading support on a 24/7 basis. Following the government’s decision last year to b…
Osprey installs its first Shell Recharge EV charge point
Osprey Charging Network has installed its first Shell Recharge electric vehicle (EV) charging point – at Shell Hovefield service station. It comes as part of Shell’s aim to develop an EV charging network for Shell dealer sites across England, Scotland …
Nio plans Norway launch in September
Chinese carmaker Nio plans to deliver the first ES8s in Norway in September 2021. The country will also be the first overseas market to offer Nio’s complete charging infrastructure, including battery swapping stations. The timetable for the launch in t…
UK surpasses 15,000 charging locations on Zap-Map
Last week, the UK reached 15,000 charging locations on the Zap-Map database. It was an exciting milestone. What’s more, the number of charging devices at these locations is now well over 23,000, and the total number of connectors associated with …
Sales of electric vehicles in Q1 grow by 80%
Today the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has released new figures setting forth new car registrations in April 2021 – and there are now officially more than 500,000 plug-in vehicles on UK roads. While the impact of the April lockdown…
Green Lithium plans large-scale UK lithium refinery
Mineral processing company Green Lithium has secured a £631,000 grant from the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) to support the development of what it claims will be Europe’s first large-scale lithium refinery, located in the UK. The funding comes throu…
Osprey installs first Tritium RTM75 DC rapid chargers in Europe
In a first for the county of Hampshire, Osprey Charging has installed the first Tritium RTM75 rapid chargers in Europe, at a new Starbucks site in Gosport. The chargers provide up to 75kW of charge to an electric vehicle (EV). The Tritium…
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Moto opens major EV charging site at Rugby Services
Moto, a leader in UK motorway service areas (MSAs), will launch a new electric vehicle (EV) site with the opening of its new Rugby Services on 30th April, following a £40 million investment programme. Moto’s new MSA will feature 24 ultra-rapid EV…
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