Osprey Charging has opened the “South West’s largest [electric vehicle] EV charging hub” consisting of 16 ultra-rapid chargepoints. The EV charging hub is located on the A38 Devon Expressway at Salmon’s Leap in Buckfastleigh and designed to support EVs of all types. Each charger is capable of providing 300kW charging for vehicles able to accept
BMW is stepping up from vehicle-to-grid EV charging to kick vehicle-to-everything (V2X) into gear, with an assist from the California utility PG&E The bad news just keeps on coming for fossil energy stakeholders. In the latest development, BMW is working with the leading California utility, PG&E, to demonstrate how EV batteries can contribute to grid
Electric vehicles are gaining momentum. But drivers still have a lot of misconceptions about going electric. From range to charging challenges, here are some of the biggest EV myths, debunked. Electric cars are gaining traction, bolstered by efforts from the federal government, billions of dollars of investment from the auto industry, and momentum from sustainability
Welcome to Autocar’s exhaustive list of PHEVs you can buy today, from Audi to Volvo As we hurtle towards an electrified future and the UK’s 2030 ban on ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) new car sales, the need for alternatives is more pressing than ever. BEVs (Battery Electric Vehicles) are the ultimate goal for many governments
Tesla’s (NASDAQ: TSLA) participated in a new reliability study by the Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club (ADAC) in Germany where their electric Model 3 crushed its internal combustion engine (ICE) counterparts. It should come as no surprise that electric vehicles (EVs) are generally more reliable than their fossil-fuel-powered counterparts, given their remarkable mechanical simplicity. The superiority of EVs in terms
After partying into the early hours of Sunday morning, Elon Musk boarded his GulfStream jet to cross the Atlantic for meetings with a European head of state. He was not heading to Berlin, where Tesla has its one and only European gigafactory. Nor was he on the way to London, despite hopes that he will
The Ioniq 6 might look like nothing else on the road, but what else does it have to offer? Jack Evans finds out. What is it? Boy, that electric car segment doesn’t stop growing, does it? We’ve got new models cropping up from manufacturers across the board, while companies that have already established a solid
While many organisations are electrifying their fleets with the main aim of reducing carbon emissions, cost still matters. Traditionally, the typically higher purchase or lease rates of a battery electric vehicle (BEV) compared with an internal combustion engine (ICE) model have been mitigated by factors such as lower fuel and/or charging costs. However, this advantage
As EV technology continues to improve, electric cars are become more and more viable, and here are some advantages to owning one. Electric vehicles have been around for many years, but they have only recently started to gain more traction in the market. They offer a lot of advantages compared to conventional gas-powered cars. They
Journalist Nick Jenkins reports on how charging stops worked out travelling to his second home in France The screen told us we had 0% left in our battery as our electric car crawled up to the charger. We had been holding our breath but could finally let out a sigh of relief. We plugged the
