IMAGES of Tesla’s latest Megachargers have been revealed in the US. While details are unconfirmed by Tesla, speculation is this new type of charging infrastructure is envisioned for large EVs - specifically the Tesla Semi - and high power (a level of 1 MW or more). Tesla has installed a Mecharging station at Giga Nevada and is in the process…
BP head of customers and products Emma Delaney has revealed ahead of its fourth quarter 2021 profit report due in February, that its EV charging division is already well on the way to becoming more profitable than oil sales. BP currently operates EV chargers under the name BP Pulse, and originally had ambitions to grow…
SHELL has opened its first full EV charging hub in the UK in Fulham, London, in which one of its existing sites has been converted to cater solely for electric vehicles. Petrol and diesel pumps have been replaced with ultra-rapid charging points. Shell Fulham features nine high-powered, ultra-rapid 175kW charge points, which can charge most…
UK Power Networks and the Electrical Contractors Association (ECA) have released a technical Installer Guide electric vehicle charge point (ECVP) installers. The guide is designed to help installers through the connection process and highlights the main considerations when installing electric vehicle chargers. The Guide includes a link to the current IET code of practice for electric vehicle charging…
NETWORK EV charging prices are increasing as a result of spiralling sector energy costs. GRIDSERVE has raised the price of EV charging across its network. For medium power chargers (typically 60kW) the price is increasing from 30p to 39p/kWh, while pricing for high power chargers (up to 350kW) at the company’s new Electric Hubs is…
FIRST place in Zap-Map’s annual league table of the UK’s most popular charging networks has gone to InstaVolt after Tesla was removed from this year’s rankings due to its network only being available to Tesla drivers. The findings come from the Zap-Map’s survey of 3,000 EV drivers.
MORE than 500 EV chargepoints are to be installed in Barnet, North London, in a £4.65 million on-street residential project. On-Street Residential Charge Point Scheme (ORCS) has met 75 percent of the costs of the project. The remaining 25 percent of the costs for Barnet Council’s rollout will either be funded by the council, a…
ON-STREET EV charging technologies and services business, char.gy, confirmed the world’s first trial of public EV inductive charging in Marlow, Buckinghamshire in mid-December. The contactless technology enables electric vehicles to be charged automatically without need for cables or any driver interaction with a charge point. char.gy is a pioneer in ‘on-street’ residential charging through its…
THE number of battery electric vehicles (EVs) sold in the UK is expected to double in 2022, according to green motoring consultancy New AutoMotive. Having analysed market trends, predictions of future demand, public policy changes, carmakers' production plans and EV commitments, New AutoMotive estimates that approximately 300,000 new electric vehicles could be sold in the…
AS of 04 January 2022, the total number of locations with a public charging point is 18,039, the number of devices at those locations is 28,624 and the total number of connectors within these devices is 48,347. There have been 641 new devices added to the Zap-Map database over the last 30 days which equates…