Few topics are as – if you’ll pardon the pun – charged as EV charging times. So what options are available, and how fast are they really? Charging time is a hot topic when it comes to electric cars. The onset of rapid charging means that being stranded for hours waiting for your car’s battery
Cornwall Council has secured £2.9 million in funding from the European Regional Development Fund to continue its electric vehicle (EV) charging rollout. A further £725,000 has been committed by the council to cover the remaining cost of the 150 chargers, which will be installed in a range of locations including council car parks and offices
Tesla has opened its largest supercharging station in California, to the public with a massive capacity of 56 V3 rated slots to charge the electric vehicle up to 250kW for fast charging. Standard Tesla vehicles with 85 kWh batteries can fully charge on Firebaugh’s Supercharger station for under an hour only using the solar heat
With a 10-point plan for a “green industrial revolution” announced, Boris Johnson has announced that sales of new petrol and diesel cars and vans will be phased out by 2030. It aims to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles to cut climate emissions and local air pollution, as part of the 10-point plan. The plan
A third of households in England do not have off-street parking at their homes This means drivers are forced to run cables and extension leads across footpaths. We investigate who is liable if a pedestrian trips and falls on one of these cables. Is it safe to use extension leads? And what schemes are available
The number of public electric vehicle charging points in the UK increased by 18% in 2020, according to the latest data from the Department for Transport (DfT). The Electric Vehicle Charging Device statistics for October 2020 also shows a 7% increase in available chargers in Q3 2020 alone. Of the 19,487 public chargers now available
Lower maintenance and charging costs mean they are £132-a-month less expensive If you’re planning to keep your next car for a few years, you should be considering an electric vehicle to save money, that’s according to a new study. Analysis of purchase prices and running costs found that family-size electric vehicles are now more cost
Rightcharge.co.uk lets electric-car owners compare energy suppliers and charger installations; savings of “more than £230 a year” claimed A new website described as “the UK’s first electric vehicle (EV) energy tariff, home charging and installation online comparison service” has launched at Rightcharge.co.uk Citing a lack of information on specialised electric-car domestic electricity tariffs and the
Quasar’s unique technology will deliver vehicle-to-grid and vehicle-to-home functionality that will transform the energy ecosystem by enabling consumers to feed energy stored in their EVs back to the grid or to their homes Octopus Electric Vehicles started installing the first units of Quasar as part of its energy management solution across the UK in August
Exercise bikes to charge EVs at GRIDSERVE’s Braintree Electric Forecourt
Exercise bikes are to help power electric vehicle (EV) charging at GRIDSERVE’s first Electric Forecourt in Braintree. The company has partnered SA Green Fitness and SportsArt to offer the solution, which uses G576U Upright Cycles. The energy produced from pedaling using these cycles is to contribute to the power grid for charging the vehicles at
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