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Bristol Cars is aiming for EV market entry in 2025

Updated: May 12, 2021

Iconic car brand Bristol Cars plans to launch an electric four-seater in 2025 with a new investor. For its 80th anniversary in 2026, investor Jason Wharton wants to make Bristol Cars a “leading British electric vehicle company”. Select models from the classic Bristol Cars...

InstaVolt teams up with the AA to support EV drivers

Updated: May 11, 2021

Charging network InstaVolt has announced it is joining forces with the AA, the UK’s largest motoring organisation, to offer electric vehicle (EV) drivers industry-leading support on a 24/7 basis. Following the government’s decision last year to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars...

Osprey installs its first Shell Recharge EV charge point

Updated: May 10, 2021

Osprey Charging Network has installed its first Shell Recharge electric vehicle (EV) charging point – at Shell Hovefield service station. It comes as part of Shell’s aim to develop an EV charging network for Shell dealer sites across England, Scotland and Wales....

Nio plans Norway launch in September

Updated: May 7, 2021

Chinese carmaker Nio plans to deliver the first ES8s in Norway in September 2021. The country will also be the first overseas market to offer Nio’s complete charging infrastructure, including battery swapping stations. The timetable for the launch in the first overseas...

UK surpasses 15,000 charging locations on Zap-Map

Updated: May 6, 2021

Last week, the UK reached 15,000 charging locations on the Zap-Map database. It was an exciting milestone. What’s more, the number of charging devices at these locations is now well over 23,000, and the total number of connectors associated with these devices...

Sales of electric vehicles in 2021 YTD grow by 130%

Updated: May 6, 2021

Today the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has released new figures setting forth new car registrations in April 2021 – and there are now officially more than 500,000 plug-in vehicles on UK roads. While the impact of the April lockdown in 2020 provides...

Green Lithium plans large-scale UK lithium refinery

Updated: May 4, 2021

Mineral processing company Green Lithium has secured a £631,000 grant from the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) to support the development of what it claims will be Europe’s first large-scale lithium refinery, located in the UK. The funding comes through the APC’s Automotive...

Osprey installs first Tritium RTM75 DC rapid chargers in Europe

Updated: April 30, 2021

In a first for the county of Hampshire, Osprey Charging has installed the first Tritium RTM75 rapid chargers in Europe, at a new Starbucks site in Gosport. The chargers provide up to 75kW of charge to an electric vehicle (EV). The Tritium...

Moto opens major EV charging site at Rugby Services

Updated: April 29, 2021

Moto, a leader in UK motorway service areas (MSAs), will launch a new electric vehicle (EV) site with the opening of its new Rugby Services on 30th April, following a £40 million investment programme. Moto’s new MSA will feature 24 ultra-rapid EV...

Ricardo receives funding to explore battery production

Updated: April 28, 2021

UK-based environment and engineering consultancy Ricardo has announced that it has received government funding to assess the commercial viability of a facility to assemble battery packs for UK manufacturers producing fewer than 10,000 electrified vehicles per year. Ricardo will leverage its expertise...

Trio to develop robotic charging solutions for heavy-duty EVs

Updated: April 27, 2021

Robotics specialist Rocsys is now cooperating with Grivix and VDL Enabling Transport Solutions to develop a robotic charging solution for high-performance charging of heavy commercial electric vehicles (EVs). The companies plan to start validation tests this year. The trio are carrying out...

Mer UK to accelerate deployment across EV charging market

Updated: April 26, 2021

One of Europe’s largest renewable energy producers is today announcing it plans to accelerate deployment of charging infrastructure in the UK’s EV charging market. Mer – part of Norwegian renewable energy giant Statkraft – has set its sights on an underserved area of...