Octopus charging platform growth accelerates

Octopus Energy’s electric vehicle (EV) charging platform becomes Europe’s largest for consumers, as it reaches to nearly 850,000 connected chargers.
Looking ahead to Cenex Expo

Transport + Energy are the Content Partner for this year’s Cenex Expo event which takes place on September 4 and 5 at UTAC Millbrook in Bedfordshire. In the lead up to the event, Editorial Director Alec Peachey speaks to Robert Evans, CEO of Cenex – who tells us what visitors can expect to see and do.
Ohme takes part in plug-in incentive trial

EV home charging company Ohme has taken part in CrowdFlex’s Ofgem-led energy trial to incentivise EV drivers to plug-in more.
Scottish Water buys Fiat e-vans

Scottish Water’s vehicle replacement programme has included the purchase of 39 Fiat E-Doblo and 3 Fiat E-Scudos.
Kempower partners with DFDS

EV charging provider Kempower has signed an agreement to provide fast-charging solutions for the logistics firm DFDS’s charging stations.
Lewes installs charge points with Connected Kerb

Lewes District Council has completed its programme to install 64 public charging points for electric vehicles across 11 of the local authority’s car parks.
Connekt group secures £250,000 loan to help drive EV adoption across Scotland

Connekt Group, a Scottish owned independent electric vehicle (EV) charging network and commercial installation business, has secured a £250,000 loan from Investment Fund for Scotland (IFS) which will be used to develop the firm’s first three rapid charging hubs.
Allstar reveals peak bank holiday EV charging day

Today (Friday 23rd August) will be the peak electric vehicle (EV) charging day of the four day August bank holiday period, according to leading EV, fuel and business expense payment company Allstar.
Tesla drivers can see fuel savings compared to petrol cars

Tesla drivers can now see how much money they are saving by driving one of the firm’s electric vehicles instead of a petrol car.
ChargePlace Scotland joins Octopus Electroverse

Octopus Energy has announced that ChargePlace Scotland, one of the UK’s largest public charging networks, is plugging into its electric car charging platform Octopus Electroverse.
Zest to install EV charging at pubs owned by Stonegate Group

Electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure company Zest has announced a new partnership with the UK’s largest pub company, Stonegate Group, with four new sites in Leeds, Sheffield, Lancaster and Swindon set to have rapid chargers installed.
InstaVolt to introduce off-peak pricing for EV drivers

Electric vehicle charge point operator InstaVolt is introducing off-peak pricing to encourage motorists to take advantage of cheaper electricity when charging their vehicles.