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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 ...

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 ...

Fastned wins next tender for fast-charging along French motorways

Fastned has won another tender for equipping French motorways with fast-charging stations. Following earlier bids, it is the first time Fastned will be working for the Société des Autoroutes du Nord et de l’Est de la France (Sanef), a ...

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 ...

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. ...

Technotrans develops cooling solution for Nio battery-swapping stations

Technology and services group, Technotrans, will be supporting the Chinese electric car manufacturer Nio with its battery exchange stations for Europe. The German company has installed the prototype of a cooling solution in a Nio station in Oslo. Technotrans‘ ...

Gachaco battery swapping service launched by Japanese bike manufacturers

Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha are setting up a new company in Japan on 1 April together with the energy company Eneos: Gachaco is to offer a sharing service for standardised exchangeable batteries of electric motorbikes and develop the ...

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. ...

H2 Mobility to increase hydrogen refuelling network

In Germany, the government-funded hydrogen filling station operator H2 Mobility has received an investment of 110 million euros to enable its next phase of growth. The primary investor is the French finance company Hy24. The expansion goals are accompanied ...

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 ...

Ubitricity wins Berlin bid to install chargers in streetlamps

Shell subsidiary Ubitricity has placed the winning bid in a public tender issued by the city of Berlin to install at least 200 lantern charging points. The company will begin integrating the first charge points in autumn this year. ...

Lucid Motors offers drivers to charge for free in Canada

Lucid Motors announced opening its newest Studio in Toronto. It is the company’s second outlet in Canada and 23rd in its growing North American retail network. The company expects to begin Canadian deliveries of the Lucid Air in Spring ...

Smart teams up with DCS and ABB for charging the #1 EV

Mercedes and Geely’s small car brand Smart has turned to ABB and DCS to improve its EV charging offers before launching its first electric car #1. ABB e-mobility gives Smart access to “a one-stop-shop” for chargers and accessories. DCS ...

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 ...

CTEK and Monta provide EV charging for UK businesses

Sweden’s CTEK and Monta have teamed up to support businesses wanting to install EV chargers in the UK. Together they will help to install, manage, and monetise company EV charge points and offer a complete package. CTEK is responsible ...

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 ...

Audi planning a second charging hub in Zurich

After three months of trial operation of the first Charging Hub opened in Nuremberg in December 2021, Audi has decided to continue and further expand the model project with its own charging stations. Audi boss Markus Duesmann announced the ...

Nissan & Enel build second-life storage in Melilla

In Spanish city of Melilla in North Africa, Nissan has teamed up with energy company Enel for a project on the second-life use of electric car batteries. Old batteries from Nissan electric cars have been integrated into a stationary ...

London Borough of Sutton gets 113 charge points

The London Borough of Sutton is installing 113 new EV charging points across the borough. Sutton Council has teamed up with Siemens and their partner Ubitricity to provide new charging points which use electricity from existing lamp columns. Installation ...

ChargePoint provides Picnic with fleet solution

The US charging infrastructure provider ChargePoint has signed up another major customer for its expansion in Europe. The online supermarket Picnic, which operates in 200 cities in the Netherlands, Germany and France, is adopting ChargePoint’s cloud-based fleet charging solution ...

Volvo Car USA and Starbucks to install charge points

Volvo Car USA and Starbucks want to establish a public EV charging network at Starbucks stores beginning this summer. The chargers will come through ChargePoint and bear Volvo branding. So far, the partners have designated 15 Starbucks locations and ...

Hubject & ev.energy strike data sharing deal

Hubject and ev.energy have entered into a global strategic partnership that combines ev.energy’s smart home charging network services with Hubject’s eRoaming data and consulting services. This will harmonise data and further automate processes within and between companies, according to ...

Bulgaria targets installing 10,000 charging points

Within the next five years, Bulgaria aims to have 10,000 charge points for electric vehicles powered by renewable sources. This is according to an agreement signed by non-governmental organisations and the state’s grid operator ESO. Other signees include the ...

JustPark is looking for homeowners willing to host EV fleet drivers

Driveway sharing platform JustPark has launched FleetCharge to provide EV charging to fleet drivers without off-street parking. JustPark is looking for homeowners with a driveway willing to become a FleetCharge host and earn extra income. Finding these hosts is ...

ADS-TEC Energy & GenZ EV form sales cooperation

ADS-TEC Energy, a German provider of battery-based fast charging technology, has entered into a sales cooperation with US firm GenZ EV Solutions for the automotive markets in North and South America. GenZ EV will distribute ADS-TEC Energy‘s electric vehicle ...

PG&E & Ford testing vehicle-to-grid tech with F-150

In California, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) and Ford have announced a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) collaboration. In the pilot project, PG&E and Ford will test the F-150 Lightning and its Intelligent Backup Power bidirectional charging capabilities in powering customer’s homes ...

Uber invests £5 million installing 700 chargers in London

In London, the boroughs of Brent, Newham and Redbridge are cooperating with Uber to install 700 chargers for electric cars on London streets. Uber is investing £5 million in the chargers, which will be branded by Uber but available ...

Electreon signs cooperation deals in Finland & the USA

The Israeli company Electreon, which specialises in inductive charging of electric vehicles, wants to enter the Finnish market through a cooperation with the infrastructure service provider Destia. In addition, another test project is to be launched in the US ...

PG&E + GM to pilot vehicle-to-home charging in California

In the USA, Pacific Gas and Electric and General Motors have announced a collaboration to pilot the use of GM electric vehicles as on-demand power sources (vehicle-to-grid, V2G) for homes in PG&E’s service area of northern and central California. ...

Ford launches 6 new charging solutions

In the US, Ford Pro has launched six new home and depot chargers, the latter of which target commercial electric vehicle fleet operators. The different charging solutions range from the 11.5-kilowatt Ford Pro AC Charging Station to the 180-kilowatt ...

Rocsys to build autonomous charging system at the Port of Oakland

Robotic charging specialist Rocsys has signed an order of agreement with marine terminal operator SSA Marine to supply ROC-1 autonomous charging systems. The systems will autonomously charge part of the electric yard tractor fleet of SSA Marine at the ...

Volvo tests inductive charging in Gothenburg

Volvo Cars is working with partners to test wireless charging of electric cars: In Gothenburg, a small fleet of Volvo XC40 Recharge cabs equipped with an inductive charging solution from Momentum Dynamics is now on the road. The electric ...

CA: Chevron enters hydrogen refuelling business

Chevron and Iwatani announced an agreement to develop and construct 30 hydrogen fueling sites in California by 2026. The petrochemical company and longstanding hydrogen specialist firm also envision serving heavier fuel cell trucks in the future. However, first, the ...

Canada funds over 300 new EV charging stations

Natural Resources Canada continues its infrastructure advance through its ZEVIP scheme as the authority announced a $2-million investment in Alectra Utilities Corporation. The money, about €1.5Mn, will support the installation of up to 340 EV chargers across Ontario. Alectra ...

Charge myHyundai now using 100% green energy

Hyundai relies entirely on renewable energies for its Charge myHyundai service with immediate effect. Using Digital Charging Solutions’ (DCS) green charging option, the company will ensure all charging activity is “counteracted” by 100 per cent wind energy. After every ...

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