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
How Formula E Racing Is Driving the Electric Vehicle Revolution
Early in October, shockwaves rocked the auto and racing communities when yet another large auto company—this time, Honda—announced it was leaving Formula One, the 800-pound gorilla of the international racing world. Why? As Honda explained, the auto industry is now facing a “once-in-one-hundred-years period of great transformation,” and it was joining the exodus, moving to
UK’s first sea-going electric ferry takes to the water
Britain’s first sea-going electric ferry has taken to the water ahead of rigorous trials before it carries passengers next year. The boat, named e-Voyager, uses repurposed Nissan Leaf batteries instead of a traditional diesel engine – a process that could be used in other commercial vessels under 24 metres long. It was launched on Monday
Nissan Re-Leaf EV provides mobile power in natural disasters
Nissan has created an electric concept car to show how EVs can help restore power during natural disaster outages The Nissan Re-Leaf concept has been created to show how 100% zero emissions electric cars can provide mobile power in natural disaster zones Natural disasters are the biggest cause of power outages and the electric car
Council switches entire pool car fleet to Renault Zoe EVs
South Lanarkshire Council has taken delivery of 141 Renault Zoe electric superminis, ensuring that more than a quarter (28%) of its small fleet will be fully electric. The purchase – which represents the biggest-ever Scottish order for Renault’s electric vehicles – will see 104 vehicles used to switch the council’s entire pool car fleet away
Peugeot e-2008 review: EV crossover driven in the UK
Looks like a normal 2008 to me… That’s because it is. PSA doesn’t do a special, electric-only model like the Renault Zoe or Honda e. Rather than spend a vast amount of time and money designing and building a bespoke EV platform, it engineered its so-called ‘CMP’ architecture to accept both petrol/diesel and electrified powertrains.
V2G has ‘huge potential’ beyond financial benefits
Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology has been “reduced down” to making revenue from energy trading despite having a “range of opportunities” and benefits. Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology has been “reduced down” to making revenue from energy trading despite having a “range of opportunities” and benefits. This is according to a new review of nine European V2G projects by
Asda rolls out electric vehicle fleet in a bid to boost online capacity
Asda has rolled out a fleet of electric vehicle in a bid to boost its online delivery capacity, amid the increasing demand on online services due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Used in 48 stores The new fleet of electric vehicles will be used to ferry orders from stores to click-and collect points, freeing up
Electric vehicles could turn solar households into autonomous energy units
Many discussions abound on how Australia can reach renewable energy targets of 50 per cent and much more. Many experts believe achieving this goal will depend on the availability of a low cost, bulk energy storage infrastructure. Pumped hydro has received much attention in this regard. While technically feasible, bulk storage still requires transmission and
Electric vehicle drivers paid to charge their cars using wind power
Drivers of electric vehicles will increasingly be able, not only to charge their cars for free, but will be paid for doing so because of the UK’s increasing reliance on wind power, according to Ohme, a pioneering electric vehicle charging manufacturer. Windy weather conditions meant that the UK’s windfarms generated a record 16GW or 45%