The use of Scottish electric vehicle (EV) charging points has doubled in the last year following a 74% increase in the number of licenced EVs in the country according to new figures published by the RAC Foundation.
Almost 700,000 company car drivers would chose an electric vehicle (EV) if they were given the opportunity by their employers, according to new research published by the Go Ultra Low initiative.
Car manufacturer Nissan has debuted its new vehicle-to-grid chargers at its R&D facility in Cranfield, UK, six months after originally announcing them.
Businesses, charities and public authorities are to be offered £300 per installation of an electric vehicle (EV) charging socket across their sites under a new scheme to be launched later this month.
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Energy has launched an extension of the electric vehicle plug-in van grant, incorporating larger vehicles than before.
The Department for Transport (DfT) is to launch a £7.5 million scheme to support the installation of electric vehicle charging infrastructure at UK workplaces as part of a £35 million package announced this week.
The Department for Transport (DfT) has been called on to deliver a number of new policies designed to incentivise the take-up of ultra low emission vehicles (ULEVs), including helping workplaces invest in charging points.
Uber customers in London can now order a fully electric vehicle for the first time following an agreement between the transport company and car manufacturers Nissan and BYD.
The government has suggested changing the banding for company car tax rates from 2020 to reflect the growing range of ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEVs) expected to come to market in the next decade.
Ecotricity's Electric Highway MD Simon Crowfoot revealed last week that the decision to start charging drivers using the network can only recoup some of the losses of maintaining the infrastructure.
