Charging infrastructure

With the inauguration of the first charging station in Düsseldorf, Volkswagen and BP have now officially launched their strategic partnership announced last year. In the first step of this cooperation, up to 4,000 additional fast charging points will be ...

Shell awards another charging infrastructure framework contract to ABB

ABB has signed a new global framework agreement with Shell to supply its complete portfolio of AC and DC charging stations. The products range from the AC wallbox for homes, businesses and retail to the Terra 360 HPC charging ...

Weev targets charging with £20m investment in Northern Ireland

Belfast-based startup Weev is planning to invest £20 million in a new public charging network for electric vehicles at over 350 locations across Northern Ireland. With the investment of the equivalent of 23.7 million euros, the company aims to ...

Hyundai starts V2G project in Utrecht with Ioniq 5

Hyundai and We Drive Solar have started a Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) charging project for electric car-sharing in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The two companies will initially deploy 25 Ioniq 5s equipped with V2G technology. For the first phase of the Utrecht ...

Australian scientists tackle long distances with solar charging

Scientists in Australia are working on printed solar panels that they hope will power an electric car on a journey of more than 15,000 kilometres. As part of the Charge Around Australia project, a Tesla Model 3 will be ...

Kempower to deliver DC chargers “at scale” to Mer in Norway

Norwegian charge point operator Mer says it has opted for Kempower from Finland to deliver fast-charging equipment to Mer in Norway. They have signed a framework agreement and say the DC charging infrastructure will be rolled out “at scale.” ...

ZipCharge reveals mobile charging hub

London-based EV charging startup ZipCharge has revealed the GoHub, which it says is the world’s first portable EV charging infrastructure for shared, public use. The GoHub is a fixed, rooved station with up to 10 portable power banks the ...

Saemes to install over 1,000 charging points in Paris car parks

In Paris, a number of car parks are being equipped with a total of around 1,100 AC charging points for electric vehicles. The car park operator Saemes has chosen TotalEnergies and the telecommunications provider Sogetrel as partners for this ...

ChargePoint opens fast-charging corridor in Colorado

In the USA, EV charging network ChargePoint has just announced the completion of the first of six fast-charging corridors in partnership with the Colorado Energy Office. Corridor A runs along Highway 40 from Boulder to Dinosaur near the Utah ...

Porsche & Audi start charging alliance in Japan

Porsche and Audi have established a “Premium Charging Alliance” in Japan, through which BEV customers of the brands will be able to use the fast-charging stations of both companies from July 2022. These will be located at both dealerships ...

Ubitricity charging points for Le Havre Seine

Ubitricity has won a tender from the French municipal association Le Havre Seine for 534 public AC and DC charging points at 172 locations across Normandy. The installation of the first chargers will start in summer, with the rest ...

Finnish retail group to expand fast-charging network

The Finnish retail cooperative S Group plans to triple the charging station network at its shops by the end of this year – from 50 locations at the end of 2021 to over 150 locations with a total of ...

Vancouver wants fuel stations fitted with chargers

A policy initiated by the Canadian city of Vancouver could mean that operators of gas stations and car parks will have to pay up to 10,000 dollars per year if they do not provide charging stations for electric vehicles. ...

Evie Networks spreads charging across Victorian towns

In Australia, Evie Networks has announced new public EV fast charging stations in 55 towns and communities throughout rural and regional Victoria. The 55 Tritium 50kW fast chargers are expected to be operational by mid-2023. Evie Networks currently operates ...

Osprey & GreenFlux sign roaming agreement

EV charging software and services provider GreenFlux has signed a roaming agreement with Osprey Charging Network. The companies say this will open the UK rapid-charging network to nearly 90,000 EV drivers. Osprey operates one of the largest fast-charging networks ...

Batteryloop builds energy storage from old forklift batteries

Batteryloop, a subsidiary of Stena Recycling, has installed an energy storage system at Stena Metall Group’s head office in Gothenburg, using batteries from the industrial truck manufacturer Toyota Material Handling in the connected load. The storage system has a capacity ...

Allstar joins forces with Allego in the UK

Allstar Business Solutions, a provider of fuel and recently charge cards in the UK, has added EV charging network Allego as a new partner. This agreement between Allego and Allstar provides Allstar One Electric customers with access to 348 ...

Mercedes-Benz opens software integration plant in Sindelfingen

Mercedes-Benz has put its so-called Electric Software Hub into operation at the Mercedes Technology Center (MTC) in Sindelfingen. Numerous software, hardware, system integration and testing functions are located there under one roof. The company has invested more than 200 ...

Charging station hacking on the Isle of Wight

Electric car charging points on the Isle of Wight were hacked to show pornography. Unfortunately, the hacking also put the charge points out of commission, blocking EV drivers from charging their vehicles. The issue was discovered and reported by ...

Canada budget puts billions behind push for emobility

The Canadian Government has issued its 2022 budget, which includes comprehensive investments in electromobility. This involves not only purchase incentives and infrastructure expansion but also the raw materials supply chain. 3.8 billion Canadian dollars (around 2.8 billion euros) will ...

UK: Gridserve completes ‘Electric Highway’ upgrade

Gridserve and Ecotricity have completed the major upgrade of the Electric Highway in the UK. The partners say they have now replaced all legacy motorway chargers on the network along UK freeways and trunk roads. The Electric Highway comprises ...

Anja van Niersen to take over between Daimler Trucks, Traton and Volvo joint venture

The co-founder of the charging infrastructure provider Allego, Anja van Niersen, is to take over the leadership of the announced joint venture between Daimler Trucks, Traton and Volvo. So far, the approval of the cartel authorities for the venture ...

Tender for 83 electric buses in Barcelona

In Spain, Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB), the public transport operator in the Barcelona metropolitan region, has launched the tender process for the procurement of up to 83 additional electric buses including charging infrastructure. These are to replace diesel ...

New tariff system for Mercedes me Charge

From June 2022, there will be a new tariff system for the approximately 300,000 charging points of the Mercedes me Charge network in Europe. In future, three new charging tariffs will be offered that are tailored to individual driving ...

Ireland reveals charging infrastructure strategy

Ireland’s first national EV Charging Infrastructure Strategy has been published and is now open for public consultation. The Strategy sets out a pathway for the period out to 2025, as Ireland works to realise its Climate Action Plan target ...

UK aims for 300,000 charging stations by 2030

The British government wants to increase the number of public charging points for electric vehicles in the UK to 300,000 by 2030. To achieve this goal, it is investing a total of 1.6 billion pounds. For electric car drivers, ...

UK: 50,000 EV chargers to be installed at schools and universities

In the UK, charging infrastructure provider EO Charging and energy service provider eEnergy announce plans to install at least 50,000 charge points for electric vehicles at schools, colleges and universities by 2030. They want to start with 200 units ...

For Charging Electric Vehicles, Our Policy Is To Use Green Power: Nitin Gadkari

Gadkari was responding to Centres policy for developing the charging infrastructure for EVs in India. During ‘Question Hour’ at the Parliament today, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, said that the Centre’s policy for developing the ...

Volvo Trucks equips UK dealerships with chargers

Volvo Trucks has partnered with Swarco Smart Charging and Clarke EV to install electric vehicle charging infrastructure at 27 of its wholly-owned dealerships in the UK. The charging infrastructure project is part of a million-pound investment to support the ...

Carrefour expands charging to all stores

The French retailer Carrefour is expanding the development of charging infrastructure to all of its shops. By 2025, a total of 5,000 publicly accessible charging points are to be put into operation at over 700 Carrefour stores in France. ...

Wattif EV & Smart Parkering Sverige plan chargers for 250,000 parking spaces in Sweden

Wattif EV and Smart Parkering Sverige want to make it possible to charge electric cars in 250,000 parking spaces in Sweden. Thousands of charging stations for electric vehicles are to be put into operation this year. This is provided ...

Fastned marks over a million charging sessions in 2021

The Dutch fast-charging provider Fastned recorded 70 per cent more charging transactions at its stations last year, breaking the one million charging transactions mark in one year. Fastned continues to be profitable in its operating business. This was made ...

UK drivers soon to have Supercharger access

All electric car owners in the UK will be able to use Tesla’s Superchargers much sooner than expected, according to a government minister. Transport Minister Trudy Harrison confirmed the move. The move would not come as such a surprise. ...

Arriva opts for Hitachi fleet charging solution at Brixton depot

Arriva, one of London’s biggest bus operators, recently replaced half of the 44 double-decker buses at its Brixton Tramshed depot in south London with new electric vehicles. Zenobē, Arriva’s solution provider, chose Hitachi Energy’s Grid-eMotion Fleet system to charge ...

Time is running out for UK home charger subsidies

In the UK, the OLEV Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme ends on Thursday this week meaning homeowners considering installing an EV home charger have just until 31 March to apply for funding. The grant can save homeowners £350 on the ...

Glasgow targets doubling EV charging stations

Glasgow City Council has got an update on charging infrastructure in Scotland’s most populous city. The report includes existing and incoming charge points, with 164 planned for this year and more in the pipeline. Funding has been arranged, yet ...

SK Group affiliate acquires EverCharge

SK E&S, an energy company affiliated with South Korea’s conglomerate SK Group (SK Innovation), is entering the US electric vehicle charging market. SK E&S has acquired US EV charging solution provider EverCharge. This is the first time a Korean ...

Shell & BYD partner up on charging infrastructure

BYD and Shell have entered into a global strategic cooperation agreement for charging infrastructure. This will start in China and Europe and later be expanded globally. In Europe, Shell and BYD will establish a mobility service provider (MSP) partnership. ...

Chakratec completes $30 million investment round

The Israeli company Chakratec, which specialises in energy storage for ultra fast-charging stations, has successfully completed a capital raising round of ILS 96 million (approx. USD 30 million). Chakratec has stated that they plan to use the raised capital ...

Moreno Valley electrifies school buses

In California, USA, 42 electric school buses and an EV charging infrastructure will be deployed with a project from InCharge Energy, Creative Bus Sales and IC Bus. The project has now been approved by the Moreno Valley Unified School ...

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