Liberty Charge to provide “fully funded” on-street EV charging solution
Liberty Charge has launched as a charge point operator (CPO) and will roll out an initial 500 electric vehicle charging sockets across five UK local authorities by the end of 2021 in partnership with Virgin Media O2.
GE announces multi-million investment to create next-gen of UK engineers
General Electric’s ‘Next Engineers’ programme to attract 3,500+ young people from all walks of life.
NatWest pledges £100bn of climate and sustainable funding and financing
A report published by NatWest sets out the potential opportunity that exists for the UK economy from the transition to net-zero, finding that SMEs could create up to 130,000 new jobs, produce around 30,000 new businesses and result in an estimated £160 billion opportunity for the UK economy.
Faraday Institution opens regional office in Newcastle University
The Faraday Institution has opened a regional office in Newcastle and aims to bring together the region’s battery ecosystem including research, innovation, skills and production.
MAXUS deliver 1000th vehicle to VMS Fleet Management
Leading fleet management company VMS has bought 1,000 commercial vehicles from MAXUS, with a number of the vans purchased coming from the company’s electric vehicle (EV) range.
Hitachi ABB Power Grids becomes Hitachi Energy in commitment to sustainable energy
The global technology and market leader in power grids has announced its evolution to Hitachi Energy and has renewed its purpose to ‘advancing a sustainable energy future for all’.
WPD pledges ‘same day’ or ‘next day’ connection for domestic EV chargers and heat pumps
Western Power Distribution has pledged most new connections for domestic electric vehicle (EV) chargers and heat pumps will now be approved on the same day or the next day, following WPD’s introduction of a new, streamlined system for processing and completing domestic connections for the installation of low carbon technologies (LCTs).
Driverless, zero-emission mass transit technology is launched
A driverless, zero-emission mass transit technology – comprising autonomous electric pods capable of traveling on both road and rail – has been launched by UK-start up Urban.MASS.
OS hackathon ideas drive EV infrastructure improvements forward
Ordnance Survey’s two-day OS Map and Hack event was declared an “amazing demonstration of creativity” after collaborators worked on ways to enhance electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure in Britain.
Britishvolt amongst four Faraday Battery Challenge grant recipients
Battery cell technology and R&D company Britishvolt are one of four grant recipients in the latest round (Round 4) of the Faraday Battery Challenge – with the partners set to develop a “next-generation, ultra-high power and fast-charging battery materials system for automotive applications”.
Solving the problems faced by urban EV drivers
Patrick Reich, Co-founder of Bonnet, discusses the disadvantages urban drivers face with electric vehicles and looks at ways in which they can be overcome.
UKPN £2 million smart ‘Matrix’ to help electric cars
A £2 million machine-learning tool is creating a Matrix-like simulation of the South East’s electricity network, that could unlock energy capacity equivalent to 1,371 new rapid electric car chargers by 2028.
