Green Lithium and Trafigura agree terms on lithium supply for UK refinery
Green Lithium has agreed terms with Trafigura, one of the world’s largest commodities trading companies, that will support the development of one of the first centralised commercial lithium refineries in Europe.
Expanding Government’s Rapid Charging Fund would speed up decarbonisation of all road transport, analysis shows
A new report from National Grid delivered in partnership with the transport and freight industries shows that an expansion of the Government’s £950m Rapid Charging Fund (RCF) to cover all road transport could deliver enough capacity for on-route HGV charging and hydrogen re-fuelling at up to 78% of motorway service areas in England.
Commercial transport industry takes next steps to decarbonisation at ITT Hub, 11th-12th May
Innovation and Technology in Transport Hub (ITT Hub) will be discussing the opportunity the commercial transport industry has to fully decarbonise with the support of new technology across two days, 11th-12th May, at Farnborough International Exhibition & Conference Centre.
DfT has spent 15 times more on private than public EV chargers, analysis reveals
A FairCharge analysis of Department for Transport (DfT) figures has revealed that public money spent on installing off-street residential Electric Vehicle (EV) chargers is more than just over 15 times what has been spent on public on-street residential chargers.
Diode and Co Charger join forces to help businesses make switch to EVs
Diode has announced an exciting partnership with Co Charger – the UK’s number one community charging app – which will see the company’s business customers given free access to Diode’s Charge Platform software.
UK risks missing window to become global player in EV battery revolution
A report from the Green Finance Institute’s Coalition for the Decarbonisation of Road Transport (CDRT) has found that the UK can become a global player in electric vehicle (EV) batteries if billions of pounds are invested now to build a battery supply chain.
Volta Trucks releases US market entry strategy
Volta Trucks has revealed the strategic roadmap for its entry into the North American market. The plan will see the first Volta Zero vehicles operating on Los Angeles’ streets by the end of next year.
Zero-emission hydrogen buses travel 1 million miles
Since first entering passenger service last year, one million miles have been clocked up by Wrightbus zero-emission hydrogen double deckers.
Energy Systems Catapult names Guy Newey as new CEO
The board of Energy Systems Catapult (ESC) has announced that Guy Newey, currently director of strategy and performance at ESC, will succeed transportandenergy.com editorial board member and chair of the Electric Vehicle Energy Taskforce, Philip New, when he retires as CEO of the Catapult later this year.
Arrival Bus achieves EU bus certification milestone
Arrival buses could soon be seen on public roads in Europe and the UK after the electric vehicle manufacturer achieved EU certification and received European Whole Vehicle Type Approval (EUWVTA).
Most disabled drivers plan to make switch to EVs
Research carried out by UK Power Networks and the charity Motability shows that more than two thirds of disabled drivers plan to make the switch to an electric vehicle in the next decade – but the lack of accessible charging infrastructure is seen as a main barrier stopping them from getting an EV.
Sales of EVs continue to rise amidst new car market turmoil
Registrations of electric vehicles (EVs) continued to grow in April with 12,899 of the latest zero emission cars joining UK roads – an increase of 40.9% on the same month last year – and taking a 10.8% market share, up from 6.5% last year.