£54m smart grid project partners with EV network

The UK’s “largest” smart grid project has completed its first stage of research into peoples’ electricity use and is now joining forces with an electric vehicle (EV) recharging network. The £54 million Customer-Led Network Revolution (CLNR) project and Charge Your Car will work together to monitor the typical energy usage of EV drivers and the […]

700 mile road trip puts electric car through paces

Two students from Durham University have put an electric car through its paces by taking it on a 700-mile road trip. Sergio Roldan (pictured left) and Ioannis Sarrigiannis planned the round trip from Durham to Cardiff and back as part of a research project called the Customer-Led Network Revolution (CLNR). The journey with a regular […]