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11/12/2020
Blyth in Northumberland has been selected by Britishvolt as the site of the UK's first battery gigaplant. The planned £2.6bn total investment would be one of the UK's largest ever industrial investments and the largest in NE England since the arrival of Nissan in 1984. It is expected to provide 3,000 skilled jobs and up to 5,000 more in the wider supply chain.
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07/12/2020
Gridserve has announced that the UK's first fully electric forecourt in Braintree, Essex is open for business. Providing for up to 36 electric vehicles to be charged simultaneously with high power (up to 350kW) chargers, the development also includes retail outlets and an electric vehicle leasing service.
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17/11/2020
Comments on the announcement of 2030 end to sales of new ‘conventional’ petrol & diesel cars and vans included in the Prime Minister’s 'Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution'
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22/10/2020
The Electric Vehicle (EV) Energy Taskforce - the Government-backed initiative bringing together key players in the energy, infrastructure and transport sectors – is moving to take the next steps to drive the transition to electric vehicles while delivering benefits to EV drivers, consumers and to the UK’s electricity system. Full details will be announced at an online event to be held this afternoon.
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19/10/2020
The Electric Vehicle (EV) Energy Taskforce - which was convened by LowCVP to help bring energy and automotive stakeholders together to facilitate the electric transition in road transport - is moving into a new action and implementation phase. Sign up (free) for an online networking event on Thursday 22 October, from 2pm, to find out more about the Taskforce's next steps. BEIS Minister for Business, Energy and Clean Growth, Kwasi Kwarteng MP has been confirmed as keynote speaker at the event. The full agenda has just been announced!
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14/10/2020
A new report identifies 55 'high impact technology projects' that it says that Europe must embark upon in order to meet net zero by 2050. These include upgrading energy grids, enabling bifacial solar and driving EV deployment. The report explains how digital technologies are key to increasing flexibility, control of demand, supply and storage and improving aggregation of demand.
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12/10/2020
New analysis by Brussels-based NGO T&E says that auto manufacturers are on course to meet EU regulated 2020/21 new car CO₂ emissions targets, through a combination of strategies including increasing sales of EVs, improving ICE vehicles' emissions performance and 'pooling' emissions with other companies who have exceeded the target. In related news, T&E says that Brexit poses a threat to the supply of EVs to the UK in 2021.
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10/09/2020
The Government has announced the winners of a total of £12m funding through the Catalysing Green Innovation programme and 2020 Proof of Concept Competition. The announcements were made alongside others from Government and linked agencies, to coincide with World EV Day (9 September).
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09/09/2020
The Energy Systems Catapult has announced that data from the 3-year Consumers, Vehicles and Energy Integration (CVEI) project is to be be made accessible. The project was the UK’s largest and most comprehensive set of trials on consumer behaviour and attitudes towards electric vehicles and smart charging.
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08/09/2020
Zap-Map the leading mapping service for EV charging in the UK has launched Zap-Pay which enables EV drivers to use a single app to pay for charging across different networks.
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