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Next Green Car Awards 2017 loaded with EVs

Updated: November 22, 2017

The Next Green Car Awards 2017 have been launched, with this year’s shortlist featuring a number of plug-in models. Covering eight categories, 32 models from 18 manufacturers are vying for a Next Green Car Award in total. Of those 32 models, more...

Zap Analysis: Supermarkets

Updated: November 21, 2017

Supermarkets are a regular destination for drivers, and hence an important location for EV charging points. This analysis of the Zap-Map database, looks at the profile of charging points by supermarket brand, speed and network to see how the provision is developing....

Top 10 EVs at Frankfurt 2017

Updated: September 13, 2017

Electric cars have proven to be a huge draw for manufacturers at the Frankfurt Motor Show 2017. A number of key announcements were joined by new plug-in concepts – most of which will go into production, and the majority are also pure-electric....

ScotRail to install 100 new EV charge points at stations

Updated: April 6, 2017

The ScotRail Alliance has announced that it will install 50 new dual EV charge points, giving customers parking at the rail network’s stations 100 new charging spaces to choose from. Work will begin in September this year, with a dual charge unit...

Top 10 electric cars 2017

Updated: December 23, 2016

The electric car industry has had a very good year in 2016, with new models released throughout the year and increasing range and efficiency all the time. Thankfully, 2017 looks as though that will continue, as the plug-in car market warms up...

Grant boost for workplace and on street EV charging

Updated: October 18, 2016

A new £35 million funding package for electric car drivers has been announced by Transport Minister John Hayes, which looks to increase the amount of workplace and on-street EV charge points available. As part of the UK Government’s £600 million investment in...

Zap-Map review: Hyundai Ioniq Electric

Updated: October 6, 2016

You wait ages for longer range EVs and then three come along within a few months of each other. Following in the footsteps of Nissan’s Leaf 30kWh setting a new bar for EV range at the end of last year, BMW, Renault...

Tesla Destination Charging points now added to Zap-Map

Updated: July 5, 2016

Zap-Map has added Tesla’s Destination Charging points to its database, rolling out the locations across all platforms. The EV charge point mapping specialists have worked hard to include the new types of charge point after the Tesla Destination Charging network went live...

First drive of Mahindra e2o

Updated: June 22, 2016

Last week we visited Mahindra’s UK HQ to get behind the wheel of the e2o. The tiny city car – boasting a tight turning circle, big car connected features, and a clever ‘Revive’ feature – was driven around typical London traffic on...

EV rapid charger guide

Updated: May 18, 2016

One of the most important considerations when looking at buying a plug-in car is charging time. For some drivers, their model needs to be capable of being rapid charged, which in most cases allows a top-up to around 80 per cent of...

Wide motorway charge-point coverage for EV drivers

Updated: August 4, 2016

According to latest figures compiled by the RAC Foundation, almost three quarters of motorway service stations in England now have charging points, with 70 locations offering a crucial service to drivers of electric vehicles (EVs). This equates to 72 per cent of...

Nissan Leaf 30kWh UK launch

Updated: January 27, 2016

Zap-Map was invited along to the UK launch of the Nissan Leaf 30kWh at Silverstone yesterday (Tuesday 26th January), giving us another chance at an early test for the new longer-range model. With around 12,000 UK sales, the current Leaf is the...