Nissan to invest £2bn for EVs in Sunderland

Nissan plans a £2bn investment in its Sunderland plant for two new electric models and a third UK battery factory

‘Real EV ranges are 20% lower than carmakers claim’

That’s the claim made in a new study that tested more than 70 EVs

Only three new EVs cost less than £30k

Whilst the cheapest petrol sits at £13k, pricing many out of the electric revolution

EV drivers to sell energy to National Grid

EVs will be connected with the UK’s grid through the balancing mechanism

Envoy Technologies charges ahead with electric car share in Hawaii

Residents at the Halekauwila Place Apartments located in Kaka’ako, Honolulu, can book the Nissan Leaf car share through the Envoy Mobility app

Sleep tight, your EV is keeping the grid awake!

Nearly 135 EV batteries store and send power back to the grid when the supply is low

‘EVs get you five times further than petrol cars for the same money’

New research directly compares the Nissan Leaf E+ and the Volkswagen Golf across the countries in which both are available to buy

One hundred EV owners to test grid feedback scheme

The programme will use up to five different energy suppliers to offer a more realistic simulation of the future energy demand in the UK

EV rental firm investors sell and celebrate

A UK all-electric car-sharing company has been sold to car rental firm Europcar Group. It is the world’s first successful exit by crowdfunding investors. The 63 Crowdcube investors enjoyed a multiple return on their £100,000 total investment in E-Car Club. The company was started by social entrepreneurs Chris Morris and Andrew Wordsworth in 2011. It was backed by […]

Communities chosen for EV charging tests

A £9 million project to find out how electric vehicles (EVs) affect local electricity networks has announced the seven communities that will take part in its ‘Technical Trials’. My Electric Avenue has selected Chiswick, Marlow, South Gosforth, South Shields, Wylam, Chineham and Whiteley as the guinea pigs. Ten people in each community will get a […]