Exclusive: Liberty Charge kickstarts rollout of 800 EV chargepoints across London April 12, 2021 Telecoms giant Liberty Global has today kicked off plans to install 800 electric vehicle (EV) chargepoints across London over the next 12 months. The first 20 chargepoints, which were installed by Liberty Charge, a joint venture with Zouk Capital, went online this morning in the borough of Waltham Forest. It is the initial step in [...]
Pod Point hires Bank of America to help with float plan – report April 7, 2021 Electric vehicle charging firm Pod Point has reportedly brought on Bank of America to work on a potential stock market float. According to Sky News, the firm could go public at some point this year, with Bank of America working together with Barclays on the deal. Pod Point is majority owned by French energy giant [...]
BMW CEO: Timely electric cars shift will help firm compete with Tesla March 30, 2021 BMW’s ‘timely shift’ to electric cars could make its stock compete with the likes of Tesla, according to its chief executive. The German carmaker’s CEO Oliver Zipse said the firm is challenging perceptions that it is behind on electronification. “There is a perception that we took a break, but we actually didn’t take a break,” [...]
UK must install 700 electric vehicle charge points a day to hit 2030 target March 25, 2021 The UK must install 700 electric vehicle (EV) charging points every day for the rest of the decade to support the transition away from the internal combustion engine. From 2030, the government will ban the sale of all new petrol and diesel cars in order to help the country hit its ambitious 2050 climate goals. [...]
Ed Miliband calls for electric car ‘revolution’ across UK March 24, 2021 Shadow business minister Ed Miliband tomorrow will lay out Labour’s plans for an electric vehicle “revolution” for the UK. Under the new policies, Labour is pledging to introduce interest-free loans for those on low and middle incomes to buy electric cars, as well as a national scrappage scheme. It comes just a week after the [...]
Dale Vince interview: Forest Green Rovers chairman and green energy tycoon on climbing the football leagues while saving the planet March 19, 2021 With a large green Union Jack behind him and a casually dishevelled appearance, Dale Vince brings to mind the leader of some rebel republic when he appears on the Zoom call. Being cast as a revolutionary is nothing new to Vince. In business, the former New Age Traveller has turned once-leftfield ideas about green energy [...]
Ministers slash electric car grant by £500 despite upcoming petrol ban March 18, 2021 The government has today cut the electric car grant from £3,000 to £2,500, prompting cries of disbelief from the auto and energy industries. From today, customers buying cars which cost less than £35,000 will be eligible for the grant. Those buying cars above this price will receive no subsidies. Ministers said that this was because [...]
Ocado CEO Tim Steiner: M&S products are more popular than Waitrose March 18, 2021 Ocado’s M&S products are favoured over the former Waitrose partnership products with customers, as the company enjoys a doubling of new registrations, the company’s chief executive said this morning. “The M&S product is more popular with our customers than the Waitrose products were,” chief executive Tim Steiner said during an investor call earlier this morning. [...]
Volkswagen sets 1m electric vehicle target as it outlines cost-cutting plan March 16, 2021 Volkswagen today said it aims to sell 1m electric or hybrid vehicles this year as the German car giant outlined plans to return to profitability through a cost-cutting plan. Sales of electric vehicles grew sharply last year, but the company is now targeting a rapid expansion that would see its deliveries more than double in [...]
Rise in SUVs and car usage hinders net zero targets, spending watchdog says February 26, 2021 An aversion to public transport, made worse due to the pandemic means the UK will have even further to go to reach its net zero emission targets, data from the National Audit Office (NAO) today has shown. The NAO report revealed transport is the UK’s largest contributor to carbon emissions, with cars being the primary [...]