Banning traditional cars ‘will leave large tax gap’

Jul 27, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Low Carbon, Markets & Finance 0

Banning new diesel and petrol vehicles from 2040 will leave a gaping hole in the Treasury’s finances as fuel duties would be wiped out. That’s according to Kevin Nicholson, Head of Tax at PwC UK,...

Collaboration leads the charge on EV cyber security

Jul 25, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Low Carbon, Smart Data 0

A cyber security organisation and an electric vehicle (EV) group have joined together to protect charging infrastructure in the Netherlands. The European Network for Cyber Security (ENCS) &...

EV experience centre opens in Milton Keynes

Jul 24, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Low Carbon 0

A new multi-brand electric vehicle (EV) showroom has been opened in Milton Keynes. Chargemaster’s Electric Vehicle Experience Centre (EVEC) aims to increase the numbers of EVs on the road by...

EVs ‘could save Indian utilities $11bn a year’

Jul 18, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Low Carbon 0

Electric vehicles (EVs) could save “cash-strapped” utilities in India $11 billion (£8.44bn) a year. That’s according to a new report by scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory...

First half of 2017 breaks EV records

Jul 17, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Low Carbon 0

More electric and plug-in hybrid cars were registered in the UK in the first half of 2017 than any other six-month period previously. That’s according to Go Ultra Low, a consortium of vehicle...

More than two thirds of UK interested in EVs

Jul 14, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Low Carbon 0

New research shows 69% of people in the UK would consider switching to an electric vehicle (EV). Charge point provider NewMotion surveyed more than 3,000 consumers to gain insight into their...

EVs could fuel 3.5GW UK peak power demand by 2030

Jul 13, 2017 Priyanka Shrestha Coal, Gas & Oil, Low Carbon, Top Stories 0

Electric vehicles (EVs) could potentially increase peak demand for electricity by 3.5GW by 2030. That’s according to National Grid, which forecasts in the long term, they could fuel demand by as...

UK offers £20m for vehicle to grid technology

Jul 10, 2017 Priyanka Shrestha Infrastructure & Generation, Markets & Finance, Top Stories 0

The UK Government is backing electric vehicle (EV) to grid technology with the announcement of a £20 million competition. The projects will look into technology that allows plug-in EVs to not...

One million EVs ‘to hit UK roads by 2021’

Jun 22, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Low Carbon 0

  By 2021 there will be one million electric vehicles (EVs) on Britain’s roads. That’s according to CEO and founder of EV infrastructure provider Chargemaster, David Martell, who spoke to ELN at...

EV drivers say their time has come

Jun 21, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Latest Videos, Low Carbon 0

ELN recently took a trip from London to Milton Keynes as part of an electric vehicle (EV) rally, to celebrate 100,000 of the green vehicles being registered on UK roads. We found out more about...