Sweden-headquartered EV charger manufacturer GARO reports that a recent survey of 500 EV owners in the UK found that they would be willing to pay £10-20 more per charge to reduce waiting and charging times by up to 15 minutes. The percentages of those willing to pay more were 55% in Cardiff, 49% in Northern… Read more »
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UK EV Driver And Charger Infrastructure Trends
As the UK’s leading EV mapping service, Zapmap has deep datasets on the EV public charging and EV driver. behaviour. Our mission is to accelerate the shift to electric cars, with a focus on making public charging simple. This presentation will take a look at how the UK’s public charging landscape has developed over the… Read more »
Proposed UK law includes 99% reliability standard for public charging
The unreliability of public charging stations is a public scandal, and government regulators in several countries are stepping in to try to force the charging industry to raise its game. The UK government has proposed new rules that will require charge point operators to deliver a 99% reliability rate, and to offer real-time status updates… Read more »
UK charging provider offers free TOU charging powered by renewable energy
The UK is generating an increasing amount of its electricity from renewable sources, but, depending on the day-to-day relationship between supply and demand, some of that energy goes to waste. Why not allow EV owners to take advantage of some of that “excess energy?” That’s the premise of a new service from clean power company… Read more »
Zap-Map lets EV owners share their charging stations
The UK firm Zap-Map has launched two peer-to-peer EV charging networks – Zap-Home and Zap-Work – designed to allow charging station owners to share their devices with other EV drivers. According to Zap-Map surveys, almost 50% of EV drivers are willing to share their home chargers with other users. This means around 60,000 charge points… Read more »