Alex Grant
Entry-level Tesla Model S offers in-life range upgrades
Priced at £53,400 after the Plug-in Car Grant, the Model S 60 offers a range of 248 miles and is available as a dual-motor 60D, which adds £4,400 to the list price and marginally … Read More »
DC rapid charging speeds to triple this year
Developed by the Japanese CHAdeMO Association, the standard is used by Kia, Mitsubishi, Nissan and PSA Groupe and typically has a maximum power output of 50kW. That’s enough to offer an 80% charge in … Read More »
Zipcar launches 50-strong PHEV fleet in London
It follows the Car Club Strategy for London, launched by the London councils, Greater London Authority and Transport for London last year, which set out a 50% electric vehicle share for car clubs by … Read More »
Long Termers: Nissan LEAF 30kWh Tekna
It’s a little over a year since I’ve had an electric vehicle at my disposal for longer than the usual week-long press demonstrators. I’ve spent my first month with the LEAF remembering why I … Read More »
Rolec EV becomes official salsac charging point provider
The company will manufacture and install domestic charging equipment for salary sacrifice drivers in a fleet which includes over 20,000 vehicles and 170 public sector organisations nationwide. Bianca Alsop-Orrey, Rolec EV’s Business Development … Read More »
DS to get high-performance plug-in hybrid in 2019
PSA Groupe will launch its first plug-in hybrid in 2019 as a high-performance DS model, it has confirmed, with eleven plug-ins planned to follow over the following two years.
Our Fleet: Ensto Chago Point
Following a year where plug-in sales doubled in the UK, the Fleet World office is ready to accommodate the ever-increasing number of hybrid and fully-electric models with our own charging point, supplied by Finnish … Read More »
Road Test: Mercedes-Benz C 350 e Sport
It might not have seemed it in 1982, but when Mercedes-Benz took the covers off its electric prototype car at the Hanover Trade Fair, it was unveiling what was to become an important technology. … Read More »
Plugging into Tomorrow’s Fleets
Chargemaster CEO, David Martell, on the growth of public charging and why EVs will become much more usable over the coming years.
UK the third-largest market for Outlander PHEV
According to Mitsubishi Motors UK, 21,052 have been registered since the model launched in April 2014. Over half of the carmaker’s sales in the UK are the plug-in hybrid. Its biggest global market … Read More »
German government greenlights EV incentive scheme
Outlined in April, these include a €4,000 purchase incentive for electric vehicles and €3,000 for plug-in hybrids, funded equally by the government and manufacturers, valid until 2019 or until the €600m federal funding has … Read More »
Long Termers: Nissan LEAF 30kWh Tekna
With each small update to the LEAF range, Nissan’s spearhead EV has become a bit more… normal. That’s not a negative – what once could have looked like a leftfield choice is now a … Read More »
Supplier partnership to make EV fleet deployment easier
Based at the Future Technology Centre in Sunderland, the EV Works partnership will offer support covering policy, vehicles and charging needs, funding, marketing, management and maintenance, with applications across multiple sites. Elm EV’s … Read More »
UK project aims to futureproof the electrical grid
The CarConnect project is looking to recruit 700 EV drivers, and is aiming to investigate ways to reduce the potential investment required in the grid from mass adoption of plug-in vehicles – claimed to … Read More »
Q&A: Ensto Chago
James O’Neill, UK sales manager at Ensto Chago, talks about rapidly evolving EV technology and why connectivity is the difference between asset and obsolescence for office charging.
New Zealand launches EV incentives package
The country is targeting 64,000 EVs on its roads by 2021, supported by a $1m annual promotional campaign targeting consumers and ambitions to drive bulk uptake among public and private sector fleets. Road … Read More »
Audi plans one EV launch per year from 2018
Audi will launch an electric vehicle every year from 2018, with plans to compete in volume segments as well as niches, the company has revealed at its annual general meeting.
Nissan enables UK fleets to earn money from their EVs
The trial is said to be a UK first, and will install 100 units across the country which can discharge, as well as charge, an electric vehicle to a user-defined level to help stabilise … Read More »
UK partnership targets 30% cheaper EV batteries
The UK-based project is being run by Faradion, which is developing the sodium-ion technology, and manufacturer AGM Batteries, which is looking to commercialise it. With funding in place, including additional investment by Finance … Read More »
Toyota fuel cell research makes EV battery breakthrough
The discovery was based on an idea from a researcher working on hydrogen storage materials for fuel cells at the Toyota Research Institute of North America, and not someone from the hybrid or electric … Read More »
