Here's how a new Government initiative could make charging your car even easier. The UK Government has announced new plans to make charging electric cars at home easier and cheaper, especially for renters and those without driveways. Under the proposals, drivers could soon install home chargers more easily, avoiding complicated planning rules and saving
InstaVolt, the UK’s largest public ultra-rapid EV charging network, is set to begin construction on Monday on the country’s first ever motorway services featuring on-site battery storage directly connected to its chargers. The revolutionary project at Welcome Break Corley Services is located between Junctions 3 and 3A on the M6. It will mark a
It generates 500W when fully extended and can add 1,864 miles of driving range annually. As we've seen with Toyota's Prius Prime, putting a solar panel on a car's roof is a nifty idea but can only gain you a few free miles a day due to the limited size. With a new prototype
All Tesla vehicles are now capable of bidirectional charging (V2X) thanks to an impressive Powerwall competitor, Sigenergy, which can include a universal bidirectional DC charger. V2X, or bidirectional charging, is becoming a fairly common feature for electric vehicles. Whether it’s in a reasonably low capacity to power tools and other equipment on the go
Octopus Energy has partnered with Uber to install free electric vehicle chargers at the homes of 1,000 Uber drivers across the UK. The move is expected to save drivers a total of nearly £ 1 million, with each individual saving more than £700 a year on charging costs. To qualify, drivers need to sign
More people are buying electric vehicles (EVs) than ever before, but the pace of change needs to pick up even further. That's according to the UK's Climate Change Committee (CCC), which advises the government on its net zero emissions targets and said last week that the UK must increase its focus on making electricity cheaper
Lots of installers wanting to enter the sector often ask me what the challenges are likely to be. This is multifaceted – with angles around installation but also integration and what consumers actually want. A big one at the moment is EV chargers and PV/battery systems from different ecosystems and brands. Unfortunately, these often will
Some ideas are just too clever to die. Like Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) — the notion that your electric car can act as a home battery. Park it at home, plug it in, and when the sun goes down or prices spike, your car sells energy back to the grid. It’s green, it’s clever, and it feels
InstaVolt’s renewable-powered ultra-rapid EV charging superhub has officially opened, making 44 160kW ultra-rapid chargers available for public use. The ‘superhub’ in Winchester was approved in late 2023. The site is 100% powered by renewable energy. In August last year it was revealed that Enviromena would install a ground-mounted solar array on the superhub site,
The Zeekr 7X, with the 800-volt Golden Battery, is capable of adding 1,270 miles of range per hour. While the U.S. continues to teeter between pro-EV and anti-EV policies with each presidential cycle, electrification isn’t even a debate over in China. Asia’s second-largest country is moving away from polluting gas cars like few other nations,