Octopus Energy Generation plans to invest up to £110 million on behalf of its Sky fund in Manchester-based EV public charging network Be.EV to install new charge points in the UK. Octopus Energy says it already supplies all of Be.EV’s chargers with 100% green electricity. Be.EV currently has 150 public charge points in its network,… Read more »
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Study: Lamppost chargers are the lowest-carbon solution for on-street charging
Back in 2017, when we first heard about a company that was installing public EV chargers in streetside lampposts, we thought it sounded like a good idea for several reasons—no additional street clutter, no need to run new electrical service. Today, several companies are competing in the space, and pilots are up and running in… Read more »
UK taxi operator Addison Lee to use bp pulse Fleet Charging Hubs
Addison Lee, a London private-hire, courier and black taxi provider, plans to have a fully electric fleet by 2023. The company already has 450 Volkswagen ID.4s operating in London, and hopes to expand this fleet to 1,000 by the end of the year. Now Addison Lee has announced that it will use bp pulse’s fleet… Read more »
The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations
Q&A with Momentum Dynamics Wireless charging is nothing new—Charged has covered wireless EV charging since at least 2011—but it may be that its true value is only coming into focus now, as more and more commercial and transit fleets are electrifying. There are many reasons (safety, reliability, liability) that a fleet operator might not want… Read more »
New York City chooses three hardware vendors for curbside charging pilot
New York City has launched a pilot to demonstrate how access to charging could be improved for the 50% of residents that park their cars on-street. London authorities have been exploring innovative solutions to the same problem for a couple of years now, so it’s not surprising that two of the vendors New York chose… Read more »
Switch Mobility to supply 12 Metrocity electric buses to London’s Tower Transit
Switch Mobility, a manufacturer of electric buses and light commercial vehicles, will supply a fleet of 12 Metrocity E-Buses to London’s Tower Transit. The fleet of Metrocitys will be deployed on Route 339, operating out of Lea Interchange and running between Shadwell and Leytonstone. Switch Mobility was formed from the EV elements of commercial vehicle… Read more »
bp pulse to invest £1 billion in UK EV charging infrastructure
For better or for worse, oil companies are on a buying spree in the EV charging industry. Oil giant bp claims that its EV charging business, bp pulse, is the most used public charging network in the UK. Now the company has announced plans to invest £1 billion over the next 10 years to add… Read more »
BP says fast charging could soon be more profitable than selling gas
The European oil companies BP, Shell and Total have been buying up assets in the EV charging value chain, and some suspect there’s a sinister strategy—could the oil barons monopolize public charging in key markets, jack up the prices, and kill the electric car once and for all? Maybe. But what if the companies find… Read more »
SEEIT announces UK charging hub deal with ESB Energy
SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (SEEIT), an investment company that invests exclusively in the energy efficiency sector, has made an agreement via its partner The EV Network with charging provider ESB Energy to significantly expand its network of fast charging infrastructure across the UK. The ESB Energy roll-out will be funded as part of a… Read more »
IPT Group acquires Primove wireless charging technology
The IPT Group, a holding company that owns wireless charging solution manufacturer IPT Technology, has acquired the inductive charging technology portfolio Primove from Bombardier. “By acquiring Primove we’re complementing our existing IP and product portfolio and speeding up our product-to-market plans,” says IPT CEO Richard van den Dool. Both IPT Technology and Primove are conducting… Read more »