Ford aims to be connected commercial vehicles’ “Tesla”
Ford Motor Company Chief Executive Jim Farley says he wants investors and commercial vehicle customers to pay more attention to the software and services the company wants to sell with those trucks, as well as to the company’s electric Transit vans and its portfolio of combustion engine commercial vehicles. Reuters reports that, at an event […]
Toyota registers most automotive patents for 8th Consecutive Year
The United States Patent and Trademark Office awarded Toyota more patents than any other automaker in 2021, as it registers its innovations in electric vehicle batteries, automated driving systems and AI. The latest annual ranking by the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) shows Toyota’s engineers and scientists were granted a total of 2,753 patents in […]
Quentin Willson launches new fair charging campaign
The award-winning motoring broadcaster and transport campaigner Quentin Willson has officially launched a new Electric Vehicle and charging campaign which will lobby the government for fair charging, infrastructure and promote a wider understanding of electric cars. Speaking exclusively to the website Transport + Energy, the former Top Gear presenter laid out his reasons for launching the FairCharge […]
AW Repair Group becomes first group to complete Thatcham Research EV training
As the number of Electric Vehicle registrations continues to increase rapidly – with 190,792 pure electric cars registered last year, up from 108,205 the year before – AW Repair Group has achieved ‘EV Ready’ certification across all its sites. AW, one of the UK’s leading accident repair groups, was the first to sign up for […]
Subsidies for zero-emission vehicles targets affordable models
The Government has announced that the grant scheme for zero-emission vehicles has been updated to target less expensive models, which it says allows the scheme’s funding to help more people make the switch to an EV. It says the plug-in grant scheme, which has used taxpayers’ money to support the purchase of nearly half a million vehicles over a decade, […]
VW partners on partnerships for “industrialisation” of battery technology
The Volkswagen Group has announced it’s entered into three more strategic partnerships to strengthen its position in the field of batteries. The new partners are the leading materials technology group Umicore, the battery specialist 24M Technologies, and cleantech company Vulcan Energy Resources Ltd. VW says that, although these three partnerships are independent from each other, […]
“Biggest motorway EV charging upgrade in UK history” underway, plus world-first airport “Electric Forecourt”
The sustainable energy company GRIDSERVE says it’s undertaking the biggest upgrade of motorway electric vehicle charging infrastructure in UK history with more than 20 ‘Electric Hubs’. Each of these features between six and twele 350kW ultra high-power chargers with contactless payment and CCS and CHAdeMO connectors, capable of adding up to 100 miles of range […]
Rising lithium prices “threaten EV roll-out”
There’s a warning that, as demand for electric vehicles grows, carmakers around the world are grappling with rising prices of everything from semiconductor chips to copper and aluminium, and now the expense of lithium is starting to bite as a lack of mining capacity strains supplies. The Daily Telegraph reports that experts are warning the […]
UK-first dynamic electric vehicle charging hub opens in Wolverhampton
A UK-first electric vehicle dynamic charging hub is opening in Wolverhampton. The site is the first of more than 150 charging hubs being delivered across the UK by Osprey Charging in a £75 million programme aimed at eliminating charging anxiety ahead of the 2030 ban on petrol and diesel cars. The company says EV uptake […]
Transport Scotland celebrates growing demand for EVs as car club use grows
A grant scheme set up by Transport Scotland has helped grow electric vehicle car sharing schemes across Scotland. The Plugged-in Communities Grant Fund provides funding for not-for-profit housing associations, housing cooperatives and community groups in Scotland allowing them to secure a zero-emission car club vehicle for use by their tenants and the wider community. So […]
