James Evison, Author at Transport + Energy

£1bn investment for Sunderland gigafactory

A new gigafactory in Sunderland will provide 1,000 jobs as part of a £1bn deal to accelerate electric vehicles (EV) and boost growth.

Used EV sales rise by 58.5%

Battery electric cars recorded the highest growth in the used vehicle market, increasing by 58.5% to 65,850 units and a record 3.3% share of all transactions, according to new figures.

Easee to support grid balancing

Easee has announced plans to support grid balancing efforts, using its network of 850,000 4G-connected EV chargers.

ZENFreight announces new fleet member

ZENFreight has announced that John G Russell (Transport) Ltd is joining its consortium to trial hydrogen fuel cell (HFCEV) and battery electric HGVs.

ZPN Energy seeks partner for Network Rail work

ZPN Energy Ltd has a concession to install public facing rapid EV chargers into 85 Network Rail stations with the potential to expand to many more stations.

Welch partners with Fleete on charging

Logistics operator Welch Group has partnered with Fleete to efficiently manage its charging across its UK fleet using the EVO charger management platform. Welch Group are enhancing their depot charging infrastructure with Fleete’s software to enable bookings, corporate billing, reporting and analytics capabilities. The firm aims to be a “progressive UK logistics operator” which is “leading the […]

T+E Q&A: Genie Insights

Transport + Energy talks to Matt Reeve, Managing Director of Genie Insights, to find out more about the business and its place in the fleet industry.

Perth and Kinross trials HVO

Perth and Kinross Council has trialled Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) on its refuse collection fleet.

Cause of Heathrow outage still unknown

The cause of the fire which closed Heathrow Airport and left thousands without power in London is still unknown, according to the interim findings of the NESO report into the outage.

VEV partners with Maritime Transport on electric truck charging

E-fleet solutions firm VEV has partnered with integrated road and rail freight logistics company Maritime Transport to install high-powered electric truck chargers.