Jaguar unveils Type 00 prototype

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

Electric Vehicles

New registration figures show substantial BEV growth

Cars with a plug accounted for all of the growth in the car market this month, as separate figures from the SMMT and New AutoMotive both showing a significant rise year-on-year.

November 5, 2026_

Fleet Electrification

VEV supports one in four UK electric buses

Electric Vehicles

Vauxhall surpasses 100,000 BEV sales

Infrastructure+technology

Infrastructure + technology

InstaVolt partners with Whitbread on Premier Inn sites

Ultra-rapid EV charging network InstaVolt has agreed a national framework with Whitbread PLC, owner of Premier Inn, to install charging across its UK estate.

November 5, 2026_

Connected Places Catapult announces companies selected for Freight Innovation Fund

Infrastructure + technology

Believ partners with Bengeworth Property Investments on Worcestershire site

HYDROGEN+BIOFUELS

Hydrogen + biofuels

North-east hydrogen project awarded funding

A North-East partnership has been awarded €9 million of European Union funding to create a Small Hydrogen Valley in the region to speed up the transition to cleaner energy.

November 3, 2026_

HEA calls for action on World Hydrogen Day

Hydrogen + biofuels

John G Russell collaborates with Scania on FCEV

Energy

Government introduces Energy Independence Bill

The UK Government has introduced the Energy Independence Bill with the aim of reforming the energy system with "affordability at its heart" alongside clean power plans.

November 5, 2026_

Electricity network innovation saves £263m on network transformation

Project to assess local energy support for security of network

Buildings+Energy

Infrastructure + technology

Highways Financing Bill returns to UK Parliament

The Highways Financing Bill has returned to the UK Parliament today for its second reading (15 October).

October 15, 2026_

National Highways funds carbon reduction projects

Eurovia Surfacing trials electric highway paver

TRANSPORT

Electric Vehicles

New registration figures show substantial BEV growth

Cars with a plug accounted for all of the growth in the car market this month, as separate figures from the SMMT and New AutoMotive both showing a significant rise year-on-year.

November 5, 2026_

Fleet Electrification

VEV supports one in four UK electric buses

Electric Vehicles

Vauxhall surpasses 100,000 BEV sales

GOVERNMENT

Innovation programme planned for Welsh electricity network

National Grid Electricity Distribution, Net Zero Industry Wales and Celtic Freeport have launched an innovation programme to test new ways of making better use of the existing electricity network.

September 30, 2026_

New project could allow EV drivers to use domestic tariff away from home

Electric Vehicles

WMG and Eatron receive DRIVE35 funding

NET ZERO

Logistics UK to assist on EV skills gap

A shortfall of qualified electric vehicle (EV) technicians is predicted to reach 43,000 by 2035, the business group Logistics UK has warned.

August 17, 2026_

Electric Vehicles

NIO opens R&D facility in Oxfordshire

Electrification “critical” to UK prosperity, jobs and energy security