Cumbria County Council is launching a series of charging points for electric vehicles in the county. Nine sites have been commissioned and are available for use by residents, visitors and businesses. They are located in Carlisle, Kendal, Workington, Whitehaven, Keswick, Ulverston, Kirkby Stephen, Kirkby Lonsdale and Ambleside. The project was made possible after Cumbria County
The number of rural petrol stations is about to be overtaken by electric chargers, with plug-in points replacing pumps in some villages. There are more than 550 charging points across Scotland but fewer than 700 non-supermarket filling stations. There were virtually no chargers five years ago, while petrol forecourts have declined by a quarter over
Evolt, the electric vehicle (EV) charge point supplier, has been selected by the Energy Saving Trust Limited (EST) as one of the companies to provide EV charging solutions on a new Scotland-wide framework agreement. The new framework includes the right to tender, be selected, or quote for the installation of rapid, commercial and domestic charging
Official launch of Fast-E project co-financed by the European Union and nine companies, including Renault, in Berlin and Brussels. 241 charging stations installed in Germany and 37 in Belgium by the end of 2016. A sister project between the Czech Republic and Slovakia adds another 30 charging stations. The 278 charging points set up every
Evolt, the Electric Vehicle (EV) charge point supplier, has completed the installation of Cumbria’s first publicly accessible EV Rapid charging network, which is now available for public use. Nine locations across the county now benefit from a top-of-the-range Evolt 50Kw Rapid Charger that can efficiently charge an EV within 30 minutes. A further Evolt 7Kw Fast Charger, ideal
With air pollution posing a continuing threat to health and the environment, there has been applause at the quadrupling of the use of electric vehicle charging points. St Albans Green councillor Simon Grover said that figures obtained from Evalu8, which provides electric vehicle charging points across the city, showed local charging points were used 1,329
The first of Hammersmith & Fulham’s new electric vehicle charging points has gone live as the council seeks to transform the borough and drive down harmful emissions. Three of the first phase of new, on-street charging points are now available for residents to use in Standish Road, Hammersmith, Gayford Road, Shepherds Bush and Farm Lane,
New technology is not just disrupting existing industries, it’s creating entirely new ones. Today we speak with Erik Fairbairn, the man behind POD Point, the UK’s leading provider of electric car charging points… Fairbairn founded POD Point in 2009, two years before electric vehicles were even on the market. Since then it has shipped more
Rolec has announced the launch of its new EV GroupManager system, which has been designed to provide full management control of private Electric Vehicle (EV) charging networks. According to Rolec, the EV GroupManager system has been developed to allow the operator easy management of their entire private EV charging network from a single central computerised
Ecotricity acquires SunEdison UK solar business
Ecotricity, Britain’s leading green energy company, today announced that it has acquired the home rooftop solar business of SunEdison. Before exiting the UK, SunEdison had built a portfolio of nearly a thousand rooftop solar installations, a product known as the Energy Saver Plan. The news comes on the day SunEdison Inc. filed for bankruptcy in
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