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.
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Volvo takes select PHEVs off the UK market
Volvo has taken several plug-in hybrid variants of some of its most popular models off the market in the UK as part of a major cull. The Swedish brand announced that it will affect PHEV variants of its XC40 SUV, as well as the S90 saloon and Cross Country-badged estates in the UK.
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Leeds to launch an e-bike hire scheme this autumn
Leeds, a city in the northern English county of Yorkshire, has signed off a new electric bicycle scheme. More than 650 e-bikes will be available for hire via Beryl Bikes, with the system launching in Leeds later this year.
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Tesla announces scrappage scheme bonus in the UK
Tesla has launched a new car scrappage scheme in the UK for customers who trade in an older petrol or diesel car model. Over June, customers whose car is valued at less than £2,000 will get £2,000 off the purchase of a new Model 3 or Model Y.
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Osprey opens two fast charging hubs in England
British 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.
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Econ launches electric gritter truck in the UK
Yorkshire-based company Econ Engineering has launched a new electric gritter truck. The company says the truck can be operated year-round thanks to a range of demountable body options, which allow it to switch between fleet roles.
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Tata to pick the UK over Spain for new battery plant
Jaguar Land Rover owner Tata Motors appears to have opted for the UK to construct its planned battery cell factory. Previous plans for Europe saw Tata also eyeing Spain, yet the latest BBC reports consider talks in Britain well advanced, including a location.
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Zest to install charging infrastructure for TfL
Transport for London (TfL) has hired Zest to install 39 new HPC bays across 24 locations in south and southwest London by the end of 2024, including outer London boroughs such as Sutton and Bromley.
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Sainsbury’s adds 12 electric delivery vans in London
The UK-based supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has announced that it will be using a fully electric fleet to make customer deliveries at its Nine Elms London superstore.
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Tesla drops right-hand drive Model S & X models
Tesla has decided not to produce its Model S and Model X as right-hand drive models. This affects the markets in Great Britain, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Thailand.
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Stagecoach orders 48 EV double-deckers for London
Wrightbus has secured a new order to deliver 48 zero-emission buses for Stagecoach in London. The British public transport operator expects delivery of the all-electric double-deckers before the year’s end. Plus, these are not the only zero-emission models coming to the capital.
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Just Eat to decarbonise company car fleet in the UK
Online food delivery company Just Eat plans to replace its entire corporate sales fleet in the UK with electric vehicles by 2025. The first twelve vehicles are already on the road, namely the Cupra Born and VW ID.3.
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Changan announces plans for EV factory in Thailand
The Chinese car manufacturer Changan is investing the equivalent of 258 million euros in a plant for electric and hybrid cars and batteries in Thailand. It is to become Changan’s first vehicle plant for right-hand drive vehicles outside China.
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B-ON to hit the streets in the UK
The StreetScooter successor B-ON is joining forces with International Motors Limited (IML). Starting later this year, the latter will import and distribute B-ON’s all-electric commercial vehicles to the UK.
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IKEA UK and Mer make huge investment into charging electric vans
Ikea has commissioned Mer to install charging stations at Ikea stores across the UK and Ireland. With £4.5 million, Ikea and Mer will build nearly 200 charging stations to increase Ikea’s global network. The home furnishing retailer will also grow the EV fleet.
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Apcoa launches 500 EV charge points at car parks in the UK
Parking provider Apcoa says it opened its first Urban Mobility Hub in the UK. The charging hub offers five AC chargers (22 kW) and twelve Tesla Superchargers of the latest generation. The opening is part of Apcoa pushing 500 EV charging points across the UK.
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Jaguar Land Rover specifies EV production goals
Jaguar Land Rover will invest £15 billion in its electric future over the next five years. The equivalent of $18.6 billion will be used to launch new electric platforms and prepare plants for (component) production.
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Einride launches with PepsiCo in the UK
Einride has launched in the UK and enters the market with a mighty partner. PepsiCo will use Einride electric trucks to carry Walkers’ wares between plants in Leicester and Coventry, but that is just phase one.
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RAW charging coming to National Trust sites across UK
British infrastructure provider RAW Charging has made a deal with the National Trust to install EV charging at heritage sites in England, Wales and Northern Ireland over the next three years. Once complete, RAW expects the rollout to be one of its most significant and worth £12 million.
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Bury Council gets more chargers by Be.EV and new vans
Bury Council in Greater Manchester has appointed the EV charging network Be.EV to help them double the number of charge points in the regions. Thirty new EV charge points shall be installed with Be.EV funding the cost of over £9 million.
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Ubitricity to install charging network in North Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire Council has hired the Shell subsidiary Ubitricity to install a network of 35 AC on-street charging points in the area.
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Connected Kerb launches huge charging initiative in Surrey
Surrey County Council and EV charge point provider Connected Kerb is teaming up for the largest deployment of EV chargers by a local authority in the UK. Some 10,000 new public chargers are to be installed across the county by 2030.
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InstaVolt installs 1,000th charger in the UK
UK charging network InstaVolt expanded its rapid charging hub in Banbury, Oxfordshire, making the site one of the largest charging hubs in the country. Situated on the M40, the site now has doubled the number of chargers bringing the total to 32.
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Nottingham now home to one of UK’s largest V2G installations
Nottingham and Connected Energy have launched a large-scale vehicle-to-grid (V2G) demonstrator project. Installation of solar panels, battery storage and 40 bi-directional EV chargers complete the CleanMobilEnergy pilot at Nottingham City Council’s Eastcroft Depot.
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First Bus fleet in Leicester to become 100% electric
The British government confirmed funding of £3 million to First Bus for 18 new zero-emission buses in Leicester today. Wrightbus will manufacture the electric buses in Northern Ireland. This latest investment will enable an all-electric fleet at First Bus’s depot in Leicester.
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PoGo Charge announces partnership with Kew Green Hotels
The charging network operator PoGo has announced a new agreement with Kew Green Hotels to build 40 charging hubs at hotel brands including Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, voco and Courtyard by Marriott.
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Altilium Metals presents details of upcoming recycling plant
Altilium Metals has announced new key points about its planned EV battery recycling plant on Teesside in northeast England. Altilium now intends to provide around 20 per cent of the UK’s cathode active materials (CAM) demand in 2030.
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Ubitricity scores its next UK contract
Kerbside charging specialist Ubitricity has won another contract in the UK. The West Suffolk Council wants the Shell-owned company to install 100 EV charge points across the county. West Suffolk says it is among the upper third of councils offering public charging in the UK.
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Arrival catches a lifeline by Westwood Capital
Struggling EV developer Arrival has secured a $300 million injection from Westwood Capital, giving the company access to additional liquidity under certain conditions. The financing line may come as a lifeline to the British company to pull through the year.
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Fastned marks 250 fast-charging hubs with a new UK site
Fastned has inaugurated a charging station in East Anglia, UK, and counts it as the 250th site in Europe. It is also its 14th UK location, comprising six 300 kW charging bays. Fastned plans to open a further two sites later this summer.
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