UK reduces the Plug-In Car Grant basically to only to BEVs and FCVs. As the media reported, drying funds caused a major reduction to the Plug-In Car Grant in the UK, which since 2011 enabled the purchase of more than 160,000 significantly cheaper (initially by £5,000 to all plug-ins, and later by £2,500-£4,500 depending on category) […]
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Nissan And EDF Energy To Explore Second-Life EV Batteries For ESS
EDF Energy to use used Nissan LEAFs batteries. Nissan found another partner – EDF Energy – that is willing to explore the possibility of taking partially used, but is still working lithium-ion batteries from electric cars. Usually, the second-life batteries are rated at 70% of original capacity and have at least 10 more years of […]
Fully Charged Presents Powervault Energy Storage Systems
Powervault offers second-life EV battery energy storage. Fully Charged, this time with a new co-host, visited British company Powervault, which develops battery energy storage systems, built from new or used EV batteries. The products evolve and are getting more mature compared to the system introduced in 2017. The wallboxes are offered in versions from 4 […]
Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV tops plug-in hybrid UK sales in September
The consistent popularity of the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV has played a significant role in the brand’s September sales success. Mitsubishi Motors in the UK sold 3,233 passenger cars, a 35 percent increase compared to the same month last year, with the…
Outlander PHEV Captures 41% Of Mitsubishi Sales In UK
Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV leads the plug-in market. September again proves how important the plug-in hybrid Outlander is to Mitsubishi in the UK, as 41% of the brand’s sales that month were of the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. In total, some 1,325 Outlander PHEVs were sold (up 9% year-over-year), which was 28% of all of the 4,671 plug-in hybrids sold in the […]
UK Plug-In Car Grant Running Low On Funding
The future of incentives for plug-in cars is uncertain. The Plug-In Car Grant in the UK lightened the purchase of plug-in electric cars for probably around 170,000 customers, but according to media reports, it’s now uncertain what the future will hold due to insufficient funding. Initially, consumers were able to get up to £5,000 and […]
Dale Vince Talks Ecotricity’s Electric Highway In Fully Charged
Ecotricity installed 300 fast chargers in the UK. It’s been quite some time since British provider of renewable electricity, Ecotricity, started installing charging infrastructure for electric cars in 2012. Today, the company’s Electric Highway network consists of around 300 fast chargers. Fully Charged took opportunity to talk with founder and CEO of Ecotricity – Dale Vince, […]
Plug-In Electric Car Sales Surprisingly Decreased In UK In September
The British car market shrunk over 20% in September. UK felt the WLTP-certification turbulence last month as overall car sales decreased by 20.5% to 338,834 (diesels sunk by 42.5%). Surprisingly, plug-in car sales also went down, so there is no new record we had hoped for. “Only” 6,961 new passenger plug-in cars were registered, which […]
OXIS Energy UK Achieves 425 Wh/kg In New Battery Cell
OXIS Energy now targets 450 Wh/kg and 500 Wh/kg UK-based OXIS Energy announced that its lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery cells already achieved 425Wh/kg on a High Energy 16Ah pouch cell design for HAPS applications (High Altitude Pseudo Satellites). The target by the end of this year is 450 Wh/kg and a stunning 500 Wh/kg by the end […]
UK’s best-selling plug-in hybrid gets new range-topping trim levels
The UK’s best-selling plug-in vehicle is now available with two new range-topping trim levels: The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV 5h and 5hs. The 5h and 5hs will set at the top of the Outlander PHEV range, building on the high specification of the recently-…
