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Flexible Power Systems (FPS) has received £2.7 million in funding to speed up commercialisation of its EV and charger management platform for commercial vehicle fleets. Originally developed for the John Lewis Partnership but expanded to address the needs of all…

Smart Transport National Conference, the UK’s largest two-day conference, returns to Birmingham on 21-22 November as transport leaders and policymakers come together to discuss how the UK’s transport network can achieve net zero. The conference presents the key challenges and…

Gridserve has announced it will head up the development of a new network of high-powered charging sites for electric HGVs at motorway service areas, truck stops and commercial depots. The ‘Electric Freightway’ project, which consists of 33 partner and member…

Vital EV has installed the first liquid-cooled 400kW Kempower Satellite Chargers in the UK at the UTAC Millbrook automotive test site in Bedfordshire. These two 400kW chargers, along with two 260kW chargers, will be used to charge prototype and production…

Pet food distribution specialist Earl Transport has taken delivery of six T520 High pusher tractor units following positive experiences with the model since 2018. The new 13-litre T520 6×2 units with high sleeper cabs are fitted with the Optidriver AT…

Osprey Charging has increased access to public charging around Nottingham with eight high-powered EV chargers installed at a popular local pub and restaurant located on the city’s ring road. The hub, which has now opened at the Gamston Lock on…

British manufacturer LEVC has revealed a new electric vehicle platform that will underpin its next generation of commercial and passenger-carrying vehicles – with a range that could travel from London to Glasgow. Space Oriented Architecture (SOA), co-developed with Geely Holding…

Home furnishing retailer IKEA has committed £4.5 million to build chargepoints in one of the UK’s largest private EV infrastructure projects for last mile fleets. The company will install some 196 chargepoints at its stores across the UK, including 53…

First Bus will invest £2.5m to install more than 6,000 solar photovoltaic (PV) panels at depots across the UK as part of its net zero emissions strategy. The panels are being fitted at 20 sites, such as on the roofs…

Last week the government announced its new Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Strategy to build a network of 300,000 chargers in the UK by 2030 – a tenfold growth in the country’s public charging infrastructure. The move will introduce legislation aimed at…