Emobility

New research led by Paythru has indicated that 80% of UK drivers may be deterred from driving an EV due to poor experience at the chargepoint.

SSE has signed an agreement with Allstar Business Solutions to implement home charging for the energy firm’s EV drivers.

European-based Fastned has received a €75 million (£65 million) investment from British multinational asset management firm Schroders Capital to expand its EV charging network.

Pod Point has signed a preferred supplier agreement with investment firm Custodian REIT to install EV chargepoints across the UK.

Online retail heavyweight Amazon has revealed plans to invest more than €1 billion (£880 million) to decarbonise its European transportation network via electrification with £300 million allocated to the UK.

"One of the largest EV charging park installations” has been delivered by EQUANS to a NatWest office in Edinburgh, the company said.

“Continued progress in the sale of electric vehicles (EVs) needs to be supported by faster deployment of charging infrastructure, which is falling behind,” said the Climate Change Committee (CCC) in its latest Progress Snapshot.

Smart Metering Systems (SMS) has launched a new end-to-end EV chargepoint infrastructure solution to enable businesses to establish, manage and grow charging networks.