England will be the first country in the world to introduce mandatory electric car charging points for new-build homes All new homes in England will have to be fitted with charge points for electric vehicles, as the government seeks to facilitate the infrastructure improvements necessary for the planned mass-adoption of electric vehicles. The news comes
BP Chargemaster is to roll out up to 200 rapid chargers at pubs and restaurants run by Mitchells & Butlers across the UK. The decision to roll out the chargers comes after trials at several of Mitchells & Butlers’ locations. Up to 50 chargers are expected to be installed by October 2019. The 50kW Ultracharge
The government has unveiled proposals for new build houses to be fitted with chargepoints and pledged to ensure new rapid chargers will provide ‘pay as you go’ payment options. In a public consultation, the government is proposing that every new residential building with an associated car parking space is fitted with a chargepoint. This would
How much does it cost to run an electric car? How can I get a charging point when I don’t have a driveway? Are they really better for the environment? These are just some of the many questions you have been sending us about electric cars, and with more and more manufacturers investing in and
There is “brilliant” potential for vehicle-to-grid charging technologies to sweep the UK, but only if the industry can bring prices down. That’s the view of Tom Pakenham, director of electric vehicles at OVO and Kaluza, who said that V2G technologies could “unlock the potential of the car in ways smart charging just doesn’t”. Kaluza parent
Mini’s first mass-production electric car will start from under £25k and will arrive in UK dealers in early 2020 Mini’s long-awaited first attempt at a mass production electric car has been revealed, mating the brand’s classic three-door hatchback with an electric powertrain offering Cooper S performance in a package claimed to be more affordable than
New model will have list price of £24,400, with first deliveries expected in early 2020 Six decades after the original Mini first rolled off the production line in Oxford, its owner BMW has unveiled a new electric version it hopes will herald a new era – and help the German carmaker meet looming EU emissions
Department for Transport announces funding for 12 projects to help drivers charge on streets The Government is to invest £37 million in a series of schemes designed to help drivers with no off-street parking charge their electric vehicles. It’s thought that up to 45% of people in the UK don’t have access to their own
Millions of buyers are in the perfect position to buy an electric car, research by What Car? has found… Electric car ownership is the right choice for at least 1.5 million UK households today, according to new research by What Car?. That’s the number of multi-car homes in the UK with a sweet-spot combination of
Renault Zoe EV getting ready to plow snow at the Andros Trophy racing series
These are interesting times we live in. Electric cars walk the world, and some even make advances in professional motorsports. The Renault Zoe has new ice to break in this field, though. The Andros Trophy is an off-season racing series held in France and so far attended exclusively by traditional, fossil fuel-burning cars. The DA
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