Rolec EV has announced several hundred EV charging points are already forming part of its ‘revolutionary’ new EV Charge Online network, since its launch at the end of 2016. A large number of these EV charging points have been installed for leading companies such as Next, Aldi, Taylor Wimpey, Symantec and the NHS among others. […]
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A new milestone in modern transportation was reached this week as NAVYA, a global leader in the development, conception and deployment of 100% autonomous and fully electric shuttles (see Autovolt issue 17, Mar-Apr 2017), announced that it will open its first operations office in the United States in down-town Chicago. This marks the first NAVYA
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The London Taxi Company (LTC) today announced the official opening of the UK’s first car plant dedicated solely to the production of range -extended electric vehicles. This new, state-of-the-art, vehicle plant in Ansty, Coventry, is where the world’s first purpose-built, mass-market electric taxi will be built. LTC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Geely, has invested more
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Škoda’s appearance at the Shanghai Motor Show 2017 (19 – 28 April) is characterized by electric change: With the Vision E study, the company provides its first brand-specific outlook on the future of individual mobility. The emotionally designed five-door SUV coupé can travel up to 500 kilometres on purely electric power and meets the level
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Over 100 years after the legendary London department store first added an electric van to its fleet, Harrods is once again returning to EV technology, with the addition of the 100 percent electric Nissan e-NV200 delivery van. The British department store is the latest European business to add a zero emission Nissan e-NV200 to its
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Charge Your Car (CYC), one of the UK’s most popular electric vehicle charge point networks, is to introduce a connection fee on each successful charge across its England and Wales tarrif-free public charge points. A £1 connection fee will be implemented from the 1st May 2017, the company stated in an email sent to their
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Manchester-based Strategic Analytics Team (SAT), an Operational Expertise Management specialist, has launched the world’s first IVV Diamond accredited defensive driver education programme that focuses entirely on the use of electric vehicles. The Electric Vehicle Defensive Driver Education Programme is accredited by the International Association for Driver Education (IVV) and Diamond, a government accredited advanced driver
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We head to the Costa Brava to experience the economical new Toyota Prius Plug-in. VW’s recently refreshed e-up! electric city car is put through its paces and we try the Renault Zoe Z.E.40 on UK soil for the first time. We’ve a pair of hybrids on test too, the sleek Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid and its
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As each year passes, motor shows are becoming filled with evermore electrified concepts for us to delight in. This year at Geneva, there are more than ever with companies from Bentley to Vanda displaying electric vehicles. Audi Q8 Sport Concept Demonstrating Audi’s idea of a dynamic yet efficient SUV of tomorrow, the latest Q8 Sport
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At the annual Mobile World Congress (MWC), Barcelona, where typically the latest smartphone is unveiled, SEAT has used the event to demonstrate the companies future vision of in-car connectivity and communication with the introduction of their first electric car, the eMii. Don’t get too excited though. The Seat eMii is an electric prototype intended to
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