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This guest editor article was written by Ben Gardner, Partner at Shoosmiths. Ben supports clients across the full range of commercial law disciplines, including supply of goods and services arrangements, technology contracts, consumer law...

That's a wrap for the UK's 2025 EV SUMMITThe UK's 2025 EV SUMMIT has now come to a close, helping to explore the key narrative of Connecting Customers: Driving Sales Engagement as we see...

Following its European brand launch earlier this year, Changan Automobile has now launched in the UK, initially coming with a fully-electric SUV: The Deepal S07.With a single, all-equipment-included retail price of £39,990, the Deepal...

How EV Drivers are helping to transform public chargingEarlier this month, the world celebrated World EV Day™—a moment to reflect on just how far the electric vehicle movement has come, and the work still...

UK EV charging industry voice, ChargeUK, this week published its new white paper: 'Delivering Affordable Charging for All'.Its publication comes as the UK surpasses 85,000 public charge points, with billions of pounds worth of...

UK motoring association The AA has launched a new UK EV Readiness Index, which will be published quarterly and give a rating of how ready the general public is to switch to electric vehicles.The...

BMW, Ford, Nissan, and Honda's joint US vehicle-to-grid (V2G) alliance, ChargeScape, has partnered with Nissan to launch a new V2G pilot, taking place over the area covered by energy provider Silicon Valley Power.The local...

New data published by Zapmap and the RAC shows that the number of EV charge points located at UK supermarkets has increased by 34% in just 18 months.Between the start of 2024 and June...

UK supermarket Sainsbury's in-house CPO, Smart Charge, has launched a partnership with Digital Charging Solutions (DCS), a firm which helps to develop public charging solutions for OEMs.With DCS already powering RFID cards and charging...

Global operator and provider of EV charging infrastructure, Blink Charging, has teamed up with business-oriented roaming network Paua.The partnership has added a further 3,500 EV charge points, across 850 locations, to Paua's UK network,...

Octopus Energy Group's EV leasing business, Octopus Electric Vehicles, has announced that it will soon expand into Germany, opening up the opportunity for all-in-one EV leasing to millions more people living in the heart...

The £343 million UK government Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) fund has seen the first public charging point funded through the scheme go live.In partnership with Brighton & Hove City Council, the first LEVI-funded...

World EV Day™ (9th September) has now come to a close across the world, following a day of activations, announcements, and marketing that helps to present the benefits of electric vehicles to a mainstream...

The Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE) is a non-profit U.S. organization which, over the last 30 years, has been helping to encourage the uptake of zero-emission vehicles across the medium- and heavy-duty...

CALSTART is a North American non-profit organisation helping to drive the advancement of clean transportation, with a focus both on the U.S., and on a global scale through its ‘Drive to Zero’ initiative, in...

The UK city of Oxford has marked the sixth anniversary of World EV Day™ with a number of EV-related special offers taking place across the city, championing the switch to electric vehicles.EZ Charge is...

World EV Day™ has returned for its sixth anniversary today (Tuesday 9th September), helping to celebrate the great progress of the EV industry and communicate electric vehicles to a mainstream audience.This year, it’s not...

The transition to electric vehicles represents a clear path for firms to slash both emissions and long-term costs.With a high level of fragmentation within the public charging space, fleet managers are calling out for...

Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging is ready to hit the mainstream, after EV charger manufacturer Easee announced its one millionth charger sale – a Charge Pro, the first V2G-ready commercial unit to be launched by the...

World EV Day™ returns today (Tuesday 9th September), helping to globally celebrate all things great about EVs and electrification.Uniting businesses, individuals, governments, and consumers, the day will be packed with activations and messaging that...

Sainsbury’s Smart Charge, the in-house charge point operator of UK retailer Sainsbury’s, is celebrating World EV Day™ (Tuesday 9th September) with a joint EV showcase and bonus Nectar points offer.At a number of its...

With the globally-celebrated World EV Day™ taking place on Tuesday 9th September, UK EV drivers is set to benefit from free EV charging across a multitude of popular destinations, with RAW Charging granting an...

MAN Truck & Bus has announced that its customer fleet of fully-electric trucks have already covered a combined total of five million kilometres, once again proving the capabilities of modern electric HGVs.These trucks are...

The UK EV SUMMIT is returning for its eighth year in 2025, taking place at the University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government.Taking place over Wednesday 17th September and Thursday 18th September, the summit...