Tata announce plans for £4 billion battery factory to supply Jaguar Land Rover in the UK
Jaguar Land Rover’s parent company Tata Group are to build a £4 billion electric vehicle battery factory in Somerset, the UK government says.
EV Roundup: New EV hubs in Dundee; One in four drivers want to buy an EV
This week’s EV Roundup sees a continued rollout of EV charging infrastructure, with two new SSE Energy Solutions hubs in Dundee, RAW Charging’s biggest installation in Europe, and a YouGov survey showing that drivers increasingly want to buy EVs over traditional petrol cars.
Ev.energy sets out V2X roadmap to market
Electric vehicle (EV) charging provider, ev.energy has launched an EV whitepaper detailing an eight-step roadmap towards V2X flexibility technology becoming market-ready.
£7 million government fund to help bolster rural EV charging
The Government has announced a new £7 million fund to support reliable connectivity in remote areas in the UK.
Welsh Government to invest £15 million for EV charging boost
The Welsh Government is set to invest £15 million to boost EV charging across the country ahead of phasing out fossil fuel vehicles by 2030.
Challenges in adding V2G enabled EVs to balancing market to be solved ‘organically’, says ESO
National Grid ESO believes that current obstacles when adding Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) enabled EVs to the Balancing Market (BM) as an aggregated unit, could be solved “organically” in the coming years.
Policy Exchange calls on UK Government to make ‘realistic assessment’ on EV market
Think tank Policy Exchange has released a new paper calling on the UK Government to make a “realistic assessment” on the state of the UK’s EV market.
GRIDSERVE increases prices for Electric Highway charging network
GRIDSERVE has announced that it is increasing charging prices for Electric Vehicles (EVs) on its Electric Highway EV charging network.
NFU Energy, Zest to accelerate rollout of rural EV charging infrastructure
Energy consultancy NFU Energy has announced a collaboration with electric vehicle (EV) charging network Zest to speed up the deployment of rural EV charging infrastructure.
BEVs see adoption grow 58.7% YOY in May, says SMMT
Trade association The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has stated that battery electric vehicle (BEV) adoption grew YOY by 58.7% in May 2023.
