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,
EVs are not a culture war issue: most voters are instinctively positive towards them, seeing them as good for UK energy independence and for the environment, says IPPR and Persuasion UK report 49 per cent of drivers know someone who owns an EV or themselves do so, and 55 per cent say they feel positive
[We have the pleasure to publish here an article from one of our customers, Mike Bennett, describing how to set up a solar/battery monitoring dashboard] Having had a solar/battery system installed by Tanjent, I was enjoying seeing the performance of the system using the separate apps, but as I have an electric car this
The UK's EV charging infrastructure had a record year of growth in 2024, official figures have confirmed. The number of charge points installed in the UK over the course of the calendar year was the highest annual level seen on record, with tens of thousands of new chargers added as the Government and industry pushes
Number hits record level but rate of growth slows as installers face delays to government funding The UK installed a record number of public electric car chargers in 2024, although the rate of growth slowed as installers contended with delays to government funding. Numbers rose by more than a third to reach 73,421 by 20
Your complete guide to everything you need to know about charging your electric car in 2025. Charging an electric car is quite different to filling one with petrol or diesel. It can be done at home, for a start, and although charge speeds have improved significantly in recent years, topping up a battery still tanks
How does a Tesla Powerwall work with your Tesla EV? Will it save you money? We went to the Lake District to try out Elon Musk's clean energy ecosystem Part of the appeal of owning a Tesla for many buyers is the whole lifestyle it encompasses. You aren’t just buying an electric car, you're