Within an hour of opening its first crowdfunding round publicly, 3ti, the UK’s leading designer, installer, funder and operator of Solar Car Parks (SCPs), has smashed its initial £500,000 investment target. The funding will accelerate the roll-out of the world’s first pop-up mini solar car park and electric vehicle charging hub, Papilio3, enable expansion of …

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Sustainable energy company GRIDSERVE and Moto, the UK’s largest motorway services operator, have unveiled two new high-power Electric Super Hubs in Moto Severn View and Moto Heston Westbound as part of their ongoing nationwide effort to improve access to charging facilities. This year, Moto and GRIDSERVE have added 53 high-power chargers across six new Electric …

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SWARCO Smart Charging, a UK provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, has signed a significant new partnership agreement with Cornwall Council to supply, install, maintain and operate EV charging points throughout the county over the next four years. These will be a mix of 7kW AC, 22kW AC and 50kW DC chargers. The agreement includes …

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The arrival of a new piece of legislation sees the majority of new homes now required to have electric car chargers fitted. Indeed, the change in building regulation requirements means that most new residential developments, workplaces and supermarkets must install electric vehicle (EV) charging points as part of the initial build. The change, which came into …

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Rapid electric vehicle (EV) charging provider InstaVolt has announced it has received £110m in senior debt financing from Santander, Lloyds Bank, Investec, Natixis and NIBC to continue its significant expansion of rapid EV charging infrastructure throughout the UK. This latest funding boost is a commitment InstaVolt’s significant infrastructure expansion and to the wider EV industry, as consumer …

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The government has today, 14th June, closed the plug-in car grant scheme to new orders, and will instead refocus funding towards public charging and the purchase of other road vehicles where the switch to electric requires further development. The government had previously signalled the plug-in car grant was temporary and had confirmed funding until 2022-23, …

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The coronavirus pandemic has thrown many aspects of our daily lives into turmoil. Restrictions aimed at combating the spread of the virus were introduced in mid-March, including a ban on all non-essential travel, so there hasn’t been much scope for using the car. Understandably, the appetite for buying big ticket items such as new cars …

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Three Staffordshire councils have come together to install electric vehicle (EV) charging facilities within local authority car parks in order to support local taxis and private hire vehicles in switching to less-polluting vehicles. The project is supported by SWARCO Smart Charging, one of the UK’s largest providers of EV charging infrastructure, and the first sites …

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Electric vehicle market grew 19% in 2018 with almost 60,000 new plug-in electric cars registered in the UK One new electric car registered every nine minutes in the UK last year End-of-year figures show the seventh consecutive year of growth for the plug-in car market Total number of pure electric and plug-in hybrid cars registered …

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Polestar has rolled out a customer referral programme in a number of countries around the world, including the United Kingdom. The programme is available in certain European countries, South Korea, and North America as well, and applies to all new vehicle purchase models. Existing customers can generate a unique referral code in their Polestar account, …

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