Recharging Network articles

My Electric Avenue leads electric cars away from grid meltdown

Nissan Leaf electric vehicle charging

SSE, Nissan and EA Technology are behind the UK's largest trial of how clusters of electric cars will affect the network

18 Jun 2013

Super-chargers rev up Ecotricity's Electric Highway

Ecotricity charge point at Welcome Break's Michaelwood services

Three new fast-chargers spark massive increase in use of network of motorway recharging points at Welcome Break stations

17 Jun 2013

Fueling the electric car revolution with IT innovation

POLAR charge point - photo Chargemaster

The race is on to make electric vehicles as easy to refill as today's cars -- and companies are stepping up to the starting line.

31 May 2013

Tesla powers up New York to Los Angeles charging network

Solar-powered superchargers can provide 150 miles of electric driving in around 30 minutes

30 May 2013

Better Place files for liquidation

Company blames low public take-up and lack of backing from automakers for failure of electric car battery swap scheme

28 May 2013

Best Western checks-in to electric motoring

Company to install largest number of charge points of any hotel group in the world, with up to 135 at UK locations by September

28 May 2013

Alstom switches on to electric fleet

Engineering giant pilots Nissan Leaf at Rugby headquarters

24 May 2013

London prepares to privatise recharging network

Mayor Boris accused of sidelining electric vehicles market by issuing tender notice for Source London

17 May 2013

Estonia installs "world's first" nationwide fast-charging network

Baltic state aims to accelerate electric car adoption by installing 165 charge points that can fill up a vehicle in 30 minutes

21 Feb 2013

Government to accelerate electric cars with £37m charge point pot

Fund will be used to cover three quarters of the cost of fitting chargers at homes, stations, and by the roadside

19 Feb 2013

Ford app sparks up chargepoint locations

New app locating rechargers in the US to drive electric vehicle charge up, as UK-based Source East expands free charge point offer

08 Feb 2013

Nissan to install 500 fast-charge points across the US

Japanese car maker also among 13 companies working with Energy Department to boost workplace charging for electric cars

01 Feb 2013

Updated: UK could roll out 122,000 electric car chargers under EU plan

European Commission proposes mandating deployment of charge points in member states in push to boost low-carbon vehicles

24 Jan 2013

Electrifying fleets could cut company fuel costs by 75 per cent

Report analysing 20 organisations reveals significant savings are available to those switching to plug-in hybrid and all-electric vehicles

24 Jan 2013

UK Renewables Roadmap: At a glance

BusinessGreen outlines the key findings in the government's updated plans to meet the UK's 2020 green energy targets

02 Jan 2013

Chargemaster agrees £8.5m Elektromotive deal

Combined companies set to take on European giants in electric car charging market

14 Dec 2012

GM's Chevy Spark targets affordable electric car market

New model will go on sale in the US next year with a price tag of less than $25,000

29 Nov 2012

GE places mega-order for Ford plug-in hybrid

General Electric purchases 2,000 C-Max Energi hybrids as part of efforts to green engineering giant's fleet

21 Nov 2012

Chargemaster to roll out wireless electric car charging

Company chief exec outlines plans to install technology across its UK sites as system goes on trial in London

07 Nov 2012

Electric car chargers to spark $1.2bn market by 2020

Lux Research predicts sector will grow 10-fold as a result of government policies pushing car makers towards plug-in vehicles

01 Nov 2012

Electric car networks link up to improve access to over 900 charge points

Source London and Source East members to have access to 940 charge points as UK Power Networks launches EV charging trials

30 Oct 2012

Electric car club sweeps Nissan LEAFs into Milton Keynes

New E-car Club launches with five vehicles and plans to expand into Oxford later this year

11 Oct 2012

POD Point and ABB to help EV drivers get from A to B

Companies combine efforts to provide networked rapid chargers for eelctric cars throughout Europe

03 Oct 2012

Ecotricity and Nissan to speed up electric motorway

Three rapid chargers installed at Welcome Break service stations as part of plans for national network

01 Oct 2012

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