London to install 80 new rapid chargers
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, announced plans for more than 80 new rapid charging points to be delivered and installed across the British capital.
Read moreThe Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, announced plans for more than 80 new rapid charging points to be delivered and installed across the British capital.
Read moreEVBox has presented its currently most powerful charging station: The EVBox Troniq High Power can deliver up to 400 kW of power. It has a scalable architecture with up to ten 40 kW power modules and is available with 320 kW, 360 kW or 400 kW output power.
Read moreFrom 2025, General Motors will rely on Tesla’s charging port in the USA and Canada – exclusively. GM wants to provide adapters so that all cars equipped with the North American Charging Standard (NACS) can also charge at CCS stations. This makes GM the second major US carmaker to commit to Tesla’s charging standard.
Read moreThe Climate Agency of Oslo has selected the Czech company ChargeUp to supply a control system for the city’s charging network. ChargeUp will remotely manage and monitor more than 2,300 public charging points in Oslo and all future charging stations.
Read moreFrench oil and gas corporation TotalEnergies has signed an agreement with the city of Berlin to install up to 500 public AC charge points with a capacity of 11 kW over the next three years.
Read moreUS logistics company Schneider National has announced the completion of a huge charging depot at its South El Monte Intermodal Operations Center in Southern California. The facility will support Schneider’s nearly 100 zero-emission trucks currently on order with Freightliner.
Read moreIn a surprise move, the German government appears to have scrapped its target of establishing one million charging points by 2030, at least internally. News agencies quote insiders familiar with the matter, revealing that the goal is no longer being actively pursued within the government.
Read moreThe Welsh Government will invest £15m to increase the number of EV charging points across Wales ahead of fossil fuel vehicles being phased out in 2030. The funding, confirmed today by Deputy Climate Change Minister Lee Waters, builds on earlier advances of the UK country.
Read moreKempower has partnered with Arnold Clark, a European car retailer, to provide rapid EV charging solutions for the company’s new network. Around 500 so-called Satellite charge points will be installed at 100 charging hubs across the UK.
Read moreEdinburgh is taking consistent action against charging point blockers. From May 2022 to April 2023, a total of 4,625 fines were imposed on motorists in the Scottish capital who had exceeded the maximum length of stay at charging stations for electric vehicles.
Read moreAs part of the RailCharge project at Graz University of Technology, a new solution is being worked on to use the railway as a mobile charging station for electric cars.
Read moreAs we move towards a more sustainable future and the popularity of electric vehicles continues to rise, the need for effective and reliable charge point management software is essential. Longship.io, a well-established player in the EV cloud development arena, released its Charge Point Management Software (CPMS) in 2020, now proudly named “EVesto“. Today marks the […]
Read moreDaimler Buses is setting up a subsidiary specialising in the design and construction of infrastructure for electric buses. In collaboration with its partners, Daimler Buses Solutions GmbH will provide customers across Europe with the complete infrastructure from a single source.
Read moreGerman energy group E.On is now offering a predictive maintenance tool called Evercharge as a publicly available product. E.On says that Evercharge is the first software designed to optimise charging point operations.
Read moreABB E-Mobility has presented a new depot charging solution for electric bus and truck fleets at the UITP in Barcelona. The HVC360 enables up to four charging stations to be connected – regardless of whether these are CCS or current collectors.
Read moreSwiss charging cable manufacturer Huber+Suhner is expanding its range to include megawatt charging technology with its new Radox MCS1500 system. The charging cable is said to enable continuous charging currents of up to 2,250 kW at 1,500 amps for heavy-duty electric vehicles.
Read moreShell wants to establish a nationwide network of fast and ultra-fast charging stations on motorways in Austria by 2025. Shell has already put the first high-power chargers into operation on Austrian motorways.
Read moreIonity has adjusted the conditions of its subscription model Ionity Passport for the summer travel season. The monthly rate will be cheaper, but the costs per kilowatt hour will increase. However, there is no change to the familiar 0,79 euros/kWh for ad-hoc charging.
Read moreAllego will install 1,500 charge points at furniture stores by the Porta Group. The German family business, which includes outlets in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, has opted for a mix of 50 and 150 kW chargers accessible to customers and third parties alike.
Read moreWeev, the Belfast-based startup on a mission to bring better charging to Northern Ireland, has received a funding boost. Octopus Investments, part of the Octopus Energy Group, is investing up to £50 million and says the capital was to address the shortage of charging infrastructure in Northern Ireland.
Read moreVolvo Cars steps into the smart home business with an investment in an energy company based in Montreal, Canada. The Swedish car manufacturer has chosen to support dcbel’s R&D endeavours through its venture capital arm, the Volvo Cars Tech Fund but the technology may tie in well into Volvo’s own V2X efforts.
Read moreBritish charge point operator Osprey Charging has opened what it says is the largest ultra-rapid EV charging hub in the South West of England. The company has also opened a charging hub in Essex.
Read moreFrench platform for charging locations and services Chargemap is cooperating with Allego. As part of this collaboration, Chargemap will update its app with real-time information about Allego’s charging stations.
Read moreThe payment specialist CCV and Bender, a supplier of charging controllers, will jointly implement open payment systems at EV charging stations throughout Europe. Their targets include installing around 300,000 open-loop terminals, including in the UK, over the next few years.
Read moreIt is official – LG Electronics is entering the EV charging business. After the move leaked earlier this year in March, the South Korean company presented a new product portfolio comprising four models.
Read moreSurprising cooperation is to begin in North America. Ford will install Tesla’s charging port in its new electric vehicles from 2025 onwards. In the interim, Ford vehicles with CCS ports will be able to use Tesla Superchargers by means of adapters.
Read moreAfter Sweden banned the sales of Easee wall boxes due to potential safety deficiencies, authorities in other countries have become active. In Austria, Easee is now temporarily restricting the sale of two products itself, and the situation also appears to have changed in Germany.
Read moreThe Italian charging station manufacturer Alpitronic has chosen Charlotte in the US state of North Carolina for its North American headquarters. Alpitronic will invest $9.3 mn there and create 300 jobs.
Read moreBMW of North America today announced an agreement with Electrify America to provide first-time owners of the incoming BMW i5 with two years of complimentary 30-minute charging sessions. This agreement expands on the included charging offered for other electric BMW cars.
Read moreRide-hailing company Uber will launch its Uber Green service in three cities in India starting this June, namely bringing the EV-only option to Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru. Uber also shared a slew of new EV partnerships in India.
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