Monta raises €15m to make EV charging globally accessible

Monta, the electric vehicle charging platform, has announced it has closed a $15 million Series A funding round to help it expand into more territories.
Portsmouth International Port installs e-scooter station and EV charging points

Portsmouth City Council is working alongside Solent Transport and e-scooter provider Voi Technology, to provide rental trials throughout Portsmouth and Southampton as a part of the Future Transport Zone Programme.
Green light for West Midlands Gigafactory

Production of electric vehicle (EV) batteries at the West Midlands Gigafactory has moved one step closer with planning committees supporting the outline planning application for its site in Coventry and Warwickshire.
Fully Charged: What I learned from a 2,000 mile EV road trip
Jack Scarlett, Head of Automotive Content at Fully Charged Show, reflects on a 2,000 mile electric vehicle road trip across Europe. Read and watch his thoughts below.
Shell converts fuel station to EV hub

Shell has converted one of its existing fuel sites in Fulham, London, into an electric vehicle (EV) charging hub.
Britain’s gas grid to be ready to deliver hydrogen across the country from 2023

Britain’s gas grid is set to be ready to start to blending hydrogen around the country from next year, helping provide families with more secure, homegrown energy supplies, new plans published by energy network companies announce today.
Acute skills shortage could squander green jobs opportunity, says think tank

More support for businesses, higher education institutions and individuals is needed to ensure the UK workforce is ready to transition to greener jobs and industries this decade.
Research finds gas crisis this winter threatens key net zero investment

Following the gas shortage that has seen energy prices dramatically rise this winter, new research has found that 80% of senior decision makers in the UK’s most energy intensive industries are concerned about these rises, putting at stake their planned investments to electrify their businesses and reach net zero.
160 British councils still to start EV fleet transition

More than half of all British councils who responded to an FoI request sent by Smart Cities Connections Limited either have no EV-charging transition strategy planned or have transition strategies planned but not started.
SSEN announces first-of-kind service contract to defer network reinforcement

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution has entered into a ‘Sustain’ service contract that will allow, for the first time, flexibility services to be used to defer £1.7m worth of network reinforcement.
VolkerHighways and the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead trial sustainable road repair technology

Infrared technology was used to repair the north footway of the A30 London Road, Sunningdale, from Evergreen to Devenish Road, by ‘recycling’ the existing material.
Exclusive: Quentin Willson launches new fair charging campaign

Quentin Willson has officially launched a new EV and charging campaign which will lobby the government for fair charging, infrastructure and promote a wider understanding of electric cars.

