Kia Motors UK has teamed up with both BP Chargemaster and Pod Point to offer electric car drivers preferential terms for the provision of a home charge point. Kia says home charging would cost less than £3 depending on tariffs.
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Enel X, the e-mobility subsidiary of Italy’s energy group Enel, is expanding into China. Enel X China has opened an office in Shanghai and will offer its charging infrastructure products and services in the world’s largest EV market.
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) has teamed up with energy platform Kaluza to develop smarter charging services for its customers. The first stage of development will see a new charging service offered to Fiat 500 EV customers, using the Kaluza platform.
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Total has won the concession tender of the City of Paris for the modernisation and expansion of the French capital’s public charging network. The concession is valid for ten years and covers the supply, installation and operation of the charging network.
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Operator ChargePoint now works together with Apple CarPlay. The new integration transmits charging data so that drivers can access charging information directly via their vehicle’s infotainment system.
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Australian company Tritium has launched its MSC hardware platform to enable “truly scalable electric vehicle charging networks anywhere in the world”. A modular charging system approach is designed to both cater to today’s smaller electric car batteries, as well as being able to scale for future expansion.
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Electrify America has now officially started the introduction of Plug&Charge at all charging stations in the USA. This means that drivers of compatible electric cars can now use the automated charging and payment process after online registration.
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The Californian Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) specialist Nuvve has announced its intention to go public through a merger with the investment company Newborn Acquisition. After completion of the merger, the joint venture Nuvve Holding is expected to be listed on the US Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker symbol “NVVE”.
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FCA Italy and Engie EPS have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to create a joint venture in the field of e-mobility. The focus will be on energy and charging infrastructure solutions and services for the private, commercial and public sectors.
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Scania is cooperating with charging infrastructure provider EVBox and energy utility Engie to promote the use of electric trucks and buses in Europe. The trio’s cooperation is scheduled to run for four years and focuses on charging solutions for electric commercial vehicles.
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The Volkswagen subsidiary Electrify America has reached a milestone in the development of its US-wide fast-charging network for electric cars. Over 500 locations with a total of 2,200 DC charging points and charging capacities between 150 and 350 kW are now in operation.
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Chargefox has opened its first ultra-rapid charging station in Western Australia, the eighteenth nationally. The EV charging network provider has also signed a deal with Volvo following similar agreements with other major carmakers.
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The Israeli company ElectReon Wireless that specialises in inductive charging of electric vehicles has signed a letter of intent with the Italian infrastructure company Societa’ di Progetto Brebemi.
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chargecloud GmbH, a provider of cloud-based software solutions for managing and billing at charging stations, and The Mobility House (TMH) are linking their ChargePilot and chargecloud systems. The duo has developed an interface for this purpose.
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Fastned has won a higher court case in which the Dutch fast-charging company challenged the exclusive granting of permits for charging points as an additional service to freeway restaurants and petrol stations.
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The Hyundai Motor Group’s entry into the Ionity fast-charging network is now official. The Korean company through its Hyundai and Kia brands holds a 20 per cent stake in the Europe-wide high power charging network founded by BMW, Ford, Daimler and Volkswagen.
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Northvolt has put its first battery system into operation at a public charging station for electric cars in Västerås, Sweden, in cooperation with the local energy supplier Mälarenergi.
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The German Charging infrastructure specialist eLoaded has presented plans for energy and mobility hubs that the company plans to build throughout Europe. One of these projects is an innovation centre for energy and mobility with “Europe’s most extensive charging infrastructure”.
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Enel X will install 200 charging points for electric vehicles at 100 McDonald’s parking lots throughout Italy by the end of next year as part of a new partnership with McDonald’s Italia. The company has already put the first locations into operation.
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Total Germany has acquired the business activities in the field of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles from the Munich-based company Digital Energy Solutions from the Viessmann Group with effect from 1 November. Total is thus taking over around 1,400 charging stations with over 2,000 charging points at B2B locations.
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Enel X has launched its new JuiceBox on the Italian market, aiming the private charging infrastructure to be installed in parking garages and parking spaces, at home or the office. Enel X also signed an agreement to help boost electric mobility in Italy with BCC Energia.
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The charging network operator NewMotion has announced a roaming partnership with the British charge point operator Osprey Charging, formerly known as Engenie. Under the partnership, 259 rapid connections will be added to NewMotion’s public UK charging network.
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The South Korean government has just unveiled a plan to greatly increase the number of battery-electric and hydrogen fuel cell car charging and refuelling stations among other things. This latest push is an attempt to get more people driving zero-emissions cars.
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The globally fourth largest manufacturer of solar inverters, Fimer has announced its new portfolio of residential and commercial chargers. These range from smaller AC wallbox chargers up to DC fast-charging stations.
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Hubject is cooperating with Los Angeles-based eMobility service provider Go To-U. Go To-U’s digital platform provides reservation capabilities that allow drivers of electric vehicles to book charging stations in advance along with complementary services.
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The US American Volkswagen subsidiary, founded following the Dieselgate scandal, Electrify America announced the launch of Electrify Commercial. The new business unit will focus on the delivery of turn-key vehicle charging solutions to utilities and fleet operators.
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Rumours about Tesla’s plans to offer its own electricity tariffs have been circulating for several months. This plan is now moving forward in Great Britain where homeowners with an installed solar system and Tesla Powerwall can now become part of the Tesla Energy Plan.
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Fastned opened its first charging location in Belgium on Tuesday. This means that the Dutch fast-charging company is now active in four countries: the Netherlands, Germany, England and Belgium. Fastned has also started to issue a new series of bonds.
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FEV has developed a mobile rapid charging station for the energy supplier Uniper. The station is equipped with an energy storage device and can charge two electric cars simultaneously with a charging capacity of up to 75 kW. The station is to be offered as “Infrastructure as a Service” – once the energy storage unit […]
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Tesla may launch a fourth-generation Supercharger, which should allow charging capacities of around 350 kW, as Tesla’s automotive boss Jerome Guillen revealed. The first models to achieve such charging capacities have apparently already been determined.
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