Jan 4, 2018 - 12:08 pm
Chargemaster heads for London Stock Exchange
The British charging infrastructure provider is targeting a flotation in June, “Sky News” has learnt. With this step, the company seeks to raise 50m pounds and to augment its total value to 170m pounds.
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Dec 21, 2017 - 04:22 pm
Allego: Four Ultra-E chargers erected in Germany
The first four fast-chargers of the EU project Ultra-E are now in operation in Kleinostheim, Germany, close to the highway A3 (exit “Aschaffenburg West”). The finalisation comes just one month after Smatrics and Allego announced the installation of these stations.
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Dec 21, 2017 - 03:51 pm
Webasto to present its charging solutions in the States
Webasto is going to debut with its EV charging stations in the North American market: In January, the company will put its product portfolio on display at the CES – after having shown it at this year’s IAA in Frankfurt for the first time.
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Dec 20, 2017 - 10:17 pm
IONITY’s very first HPC facility installed in Denmark
The future of charging is becoming a reality at Danish Aabenraa, where the first charging facility of the high-power charging network IONITY is being installed at present. We paid the promising site next to a gas station a visit.
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Dec 17, 2017 - 05:31 pm
H2 filling stations for Paris airports by Air Liquide
Air Liquide and airport operator Groupe ADP opened the first hydrogen station in an airport zone in France at the Paris-Orly Airport. Another H2 station will follow at Charles de Gaulle Airport and near Versailles in 2018.
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Dec 12, 2017 - 04:13 pm
NewMotion partners with Good Energy
British energy company Good Energy and Dutch charging infrastructure specialist NewMotion are working on a common project to make EV owning customers of Good Energy a special offer based on 100% renewable energy.
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Dec 12, 2017 - 10:11 am
Lion E-Mobility invests in ParkHere
The Swiss holding LION E-Mobility has invested in the Munich-based start-up ParkHere, displaying some perspective and maintaining investment E-Mobility capacities.
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Dec 11, 2017 - 04:19 pm
Interoperability Cooperation for Benelux States
The major Benelux (BElgium, NEtherlands and LUXemburg) charging-station operators Open Chargepoint (Belgium), eViolin (Netherlands) and Chargy (Luxemburg) have announced plans to cooperate and integrate their charging systems.
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Dec 11, 2017 - 03:48 pm
Lyon is planning 900 charging stations by 2020
The French city of Lyon is planning to expand its’ E-Mobility capacities in the very near future: through a number of competing projects run by various private operators, Lyon is planning to expand their network of public charging stations by 2020 to a total of 900 stations.
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Dec 7, 2017 - 10:06 am
Honda installs V2G charging in Germany
The town of Offenbach is now home to a showcase of vehicle-to-grid charging that Honda set up through its European R&D unit. EVTEC and The Mobility House are partners and help optimise energy management to maximise the use of solar power.
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Dec 6, 2017 - 07:00 pm
ABB’s flash charging technology goes live
Charging an electric bus in seconds has become a reality in Geneva, where the first two of twelve articulated coaches have taken up service. They charge at ABB’s ultra high speed overhead chargers.
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Dec 5, 2017 - 06:12 pm
BMW-led consortium explores 450 kW charging
Within a three-year research project called FastCharge, BMW (consortium leader), Porsche, Allego, Phoenix Contact and Siemens seek to explore “technical and physical limits of all components and systems involved in charging, both in the vehicle and the infrastructure.”
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Dec 5, 2017 - 06:03 pm
Fastned complains about unfair competition
The Dutch fast-charging provider condemns Shell’s strategy to sell electric power for EVs at service stations where Fastned has already installed charging stations respectively has already concessions for. That’s why the company wants to bring the responsible authority Rijkswaterstaat to court.
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Dec 5, 2017 - 10:36 am
E.On supplies energy to Uniti car owners
Swedish EV start-up Uniti and energy provider E.On closed an interesting deal: Swedish clients, who buy one of Uniti’s EVs, are getting five years of solar power to charge their vehicles at home. The bill will be paid by Uniti.
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Dec 4, 2017 - 03:02 pm
EU funding to initiate pan-European charging network
The European Commission suggests to invest 1bn euros out of the CEF (Connecting Europe Facility) fund to support a total of 39 infrastructure projects. Among them: The installation of a pan-European network with 340 charging stations. This network shall spread out across 13 European countries.
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