Electric cars may be the safest way to travel with ‘contact free’ trips guaranteed Electric cars can be charged for over 300 miles from the comfort of your own driveway meaning road users do not need to visit packed petrol stations. The contact free trips mean road users can top up their car without any
Climate change has raced up the list of priorities for the public during the last year or so. MORI polls have shown that this is now at the top of the public’s concerns, sharing importance levels only achieved by Brexit, social care and the NHS But there is much to do in order to meet
A new government fund is to help pay for connection costs to enable the installation of high-powered charging (HPC) at motorway sites across England. The Rapid Charging Fund – which was first announced in the 2020 Budget – will be available to fund a portion of costs at strategic sites where upgrading connections to meet
Zap-Map in partnership with the REA has carried out a survey on EV use during the COVID-19 pandemic 83% EV users still reliant on their EV for essential travel and almost three in ten (29%) are still using the public charging network Almost a quarter of these EV users (24%) identify as ‘key workers’ 98%
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) is looking at portable electric vehicle (EV) chargers in a new project. The £320,000 Local Electric Vehicle Energy Loop (LEVEL) project, which has secured funding from Ofgem’s Network Innovation Allowance (NIA), is to scope out the design and capabilities of portable EV charging devices. The project is to last
IONITY is continuing its rollout of high-power charging (HPC) with the completion of its latest site. The station – the fourth to be open to the public in Great Britain – is located at Leeds Skelton Lake Services. It is the first UK station to have six of IONITY’s new 350kW chargers, which feature a
There have been plenty of good news stories coming from the automotive sector since the covid-19 outbreak, including car manufacturers switching their production lines to make ventilators. But, of course, there are concerns about the industry’s economic stability, at the beginning of April 2020 car sales were down 44 per cent. However, there are three
Installations of electric vehicle (EV) chargers are beginning to halt amidst new government guidelines regarding COVID-19. Speaking to Current± yesterday, ubitricity’s managing director Daniel Bentham said they had received communication from Transport for London and the London boroughs that afternoon, and were told that the installation of EV chargers is not considered to be essential
Due to the Covid 19 pandemic, not only are the production lines in most electric car plants at a standstill but now first effects on charging infrastructure are becoming apparent. This concerns both the production of charging points and the maintenance and distribution of the pillars. Ubitricity and Pod Point, for example, are postponing charging
Make electric car charge point signs green to ‘help them stand out’
An AA survey suggests 85% of drivers think the signs would have ‘more impact’ if they were green. More than four out of five drivers believe signs for electric vehicle (EV) charge points would be easier to spot if they were green, a new survey suggests. Some 85% of 17,500 drivers polled by the AA
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