Category : Tech
Peer-to-peer network makes revenue from idle charging points
Businesses and residents in California will soon be able to offer their charging points to other drivers through a mobile app, in what’s said to be the first network of its kind in North … Read More »
£20m boost for Vehicle-to-Grid technology
The UK government is to provide £20m funding to projects which will develop and test technology enabling electric vehicles to return energy to the grid during periods of peak demand.
Honda and Hitachi form EV motor joint venture
Honda and Hitachi have formed a £34m joint venture company, which will develop and manufacture motors for the growing global electric vehicle market.
Renault EV batteries to get second life
Batteries from Renault’s electric vehicles are to be repurposed for trials of a home energy battery storage system.
Continental cuts charging times and incompatibility
Continental has developed a new charging system which uses the vehicle’s motor and invertor to offer faster top-ups and much wider interoperability.
Samsung SDI to build EV batteries in growing European market
Samsung SDI has opened its first European electric vehicle battery factory in Hungary, capable of building 50,000 units per year and supporting what’s said to be a fast-growing local market.
EVs to offer five-minute, 300-mile charges by 2020
Electric vehicles with a 300-mile range and five-minute charging times could reach the market within three years, following a breakthrough in battery technology.
BMW 5 Series PHEV to get wireless charging
BMW will introduce wireless charging as an option for the 5 Series plug-in hybrid next year.
Tesla’s ‘Supercharger’ network to double in size this year
Tesla is to double its global network of ultra-fast charging points during 2017, as it prepares for the launch of the compact-executive Model 3 electric car and growth of its current models.
‘Future-proof’ UK rapid charge network due late 2017
A network of 200 rapid chargers, capable of being upgraded to offer eight times the charging speed of today’s quickest units, will begin rolling out along the UK’s major routes this summer.
Panasonic extends global EV battery production
Panasonic has opened an 80,000m2 electric vehicle battery factory in China – one of three it will operate worldwide as it steps up production ahead of consumer demand.
Third-generation eVolt Rapid charger helps eliminate downtime
Evolt’s third-generation Rapid charger introduces modular power technology to help reduce the potential for downtime.
Ford hybrid cuts police pursuit fuel bills in half
Ford has revealed the first “pursuit-rated” hybrid police car in the United States, with combined fuel economy said to be twice that of its non-hybrid alternative.
Chago smart chargepoints approved for Workplace Charging Scheme grants
Ensto Chago smart electric vehicle chargepoints that can help balance local energy use are now approved under the Workplace Charging Scheme (WCS).
Government to invest £23m to hydrogen infrastructure
The Government has announced a £23m fund to build more hydrogen refuelling stations and accelerate the take-up of hydrogen vehicles.
New EV-Box home charger designed for next generation of EVs
EV-Box has launched a new electric vehicle charger that features upgradable power capacity technology to cater for the next generation of EVs.
New charging station provides mobile advertising space to offset running costs
A new charging station that combines fast charging points with mobile advertising to help businesses offset infrastructure costs has launched in the UK.
UK’s first domestic vehicle-to-grid unit installed
A new vehicle-to-grid unit has been installed at a home in Loughborough as part of a £1.8m project on the domestic use of V2G power systems.
Cenex joins Net-Form vehicle-to-grid pilot
Cenex is joining the research team to a new project to power the grid through a smart electric vehicle car park.
Funding awarded to trial for fast-charging electric commercial vehicles
Fast-charging technology said to be available to deliver over 400kW in minutes is to be trialled in the UK with the help of new funding.
