Porsche is using a mobile charging system in the form of a truck trailer that allows ultra-rapid charging at Taycan presentations across the world. Made by battery storage specialist ADS-TEC Energy, the system delivers up to 320 kWh in any weather, real-life use shows.

Electrify America has now introduced a new pricing structure as the US subsidiary from Volkswagen now offers kWh pricing in some states in the US. The charging infrastructure company has also eliminated all session fees.

In Germany, the Darmstadt transport company HEAG mobilo has ordered 24 eCitaro electric buses from the Daimler subsidiary EvoBus including eleven solo and 13 articulated buses. The fleet should arrive at the Böllenfalltor depot from the third quarter of 2021 and replace older diesel vehicles.

The San Diego-based vehicle-to-grid (V2G) specialist Nuvve and electric school bus manufacturer Blue Bird have announced the launch of Blue Bird’s ‘Vision Type C’ and ‘All American Type D’ electric school buses compatible with Nuvve’s V2G technology across the USA.

The joint venture Smatrics mobility+, founded by EnBW and Smatrics, is now starting its operations following the approval of the cartel authorities in Germany and Austria. The new company intends to operate the largest charging network in Austria and, above all, expand the number of high-performance chargers.

A software error in Tesla’s V3 Superchargers temporarily prevented other brand’s electric cars from being able to charge via CCS for free throughout Europe. On Sunday, however, this gap was closed via a software update.

The UK-based Gridserve announced several new partnerships with retail, service and technology companies to deliver improve the customer experience at the UK’s first Electric Forecourt due to open near Essex in November.

Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) that is among the UK’s biggest rail franchises opened a large charging hub at Hatfield station, north of London. The site features a total of 27 charging points.

The Spanish charging station manufacturer Wallbox has acquired Electromaps, a digital platform for accessing charging stations in Southern Europe. The app from Electromaps enables around 100,000 users to access and pay at 120,000 charging points by cell phone.

In Scottland, Swarco eVolt & Schneider Electric have been announced as suppliers for Project PACE – a project to develop over 40 new public EV charging hubs across Scottish county Lanarkshire.

UK electric vehicle mapping service Zap-Map has just unveiled Zap-Pay, a new service that enables EV drivers to use a single app to pay for charging across different networks. Engenie will be the first network available on Zap-Pay.

Supermarket chain Aldi Süd has announced the construction of a further 1,500 charging stations in the parking lots of its stores. This would mean that more than 75 per cent of the discounter’s stores would have at least one charging point.

Vattenfall has won a major tender for new charging infrastructure in the Netherlands. Up to 8,000 new charging points will be built in the provinces of North Brabant and Limburg by 2024.

The construction of 1,000 public charging points for electric cars in Vienna that started in early 2018 is now on the home stretch. According to Wien Energie, almost 800 green electricity charging points have been set up to date, and another 50 will be added in September in several districts of Vienna.

The SP Group, a Singaporean energy utility company, has announced a strategic investment in the German charging infrastructure service provider The Mobility House. The investment amount has not been revealed. The Munich-based company intends to use the cooperation to open up markets in Asia.

Germany apparently wants to use its EU Council Presidency to promote e-mobility. In addition to the mandatory construction of hydrogen filling stations, fast-charging stations and a uniform payment system will also be promoted.

NewMotion has announced a new roaming partnership with on-street charge point operator Char.gy. This will add a significant number new electric vehicle charge points to their UK roaming network.

The Volkswagen subsidiary Electrify America equips some of its rapid-charge stations in the USA with stationary batteries from Tesla, but now apparently wants to disguise their origin by removing the Tesla logo from the batteries.

Toyota and Honda are developing a mobile system called Moving e for emergency power supply in the event of natural disasters. The system utilises a fuel cell bus from Toyota laden with portable batteries and power output devices from Honda.

Southern California Edison has got the green light for an expansive electric car charging infrastructure programme that will add about 38,000 new chargers throughout the utility’s service area in California over the next four years.

Siemens Smart Infrastructure has received an order from Go Bus, New Zealand’s largest bus operator, to equip two bus depots with charging technology for electric buses. These are two separate Go Bus orders in Auckland and Christchurch.

In a team up with children in the UK, Seat aims to make EV charging stations more colourful. This follows research showing that 1/3 of British motorists consider the power dispensers to be ugly. The design consists of a mosaic of ten drawings by children and inaugurated with a charging station in Milton Keynes.

Hubject has selected Enel X Financial Services, a subsidiary of Enel X, to provide financial services for payments between charging point operators (CPOs) and e-mobility service providers  (EMPs) on its Intercharge eRoaming platform.

The start-up &Charge is the latest spin-off from Porsche Digital and expands their electric transport portfolio. The new company with headquarters in Frankfurt am Main offers the first loyalty program for e-mobility in Europe.

Electrify America has announced a deal with Love’s Travel Stops, an American chain of service stations, to install ultra-fast charging stations at seven locations in six states across the US.

The government of Canada announced that 28 of the country’s most popular natural parks, called Parks Canada, now offer Tesla donated EV chargers. Tesla made both Level-2 and its chargers available in equal measure.

The British fast-charging network Drive Energi and Greene King, that operates 2,700 pubs, restaurants and hotels across the UK, have made a deal. The partnership will see Drive Energi install one of the largest rapid-charging networks at retail locations in the country’s north-west.

Starting in October, there will be numerous innovations for the Porsche Taycan at the change of the model year. The new Plug & Charge function allows for automated charging and payment without a card or app. Other innovations include Functions on Demand, FoD, and faster acceleration.

Speaking at the ACT virtual conference, Tritium CEO Jane Hunter presented the RT 175-S fast charger with 175 kW power capability. Tritium’s RT 175-S will be the first charger on the US market capable of Plug and Charge vehicle-to-charger communication. 

A large vehicle-to-grid project with electric buses has now been launched at a bus depot in North London. The Bus2Grid project is testing V2G systems with an initial 28 electric double-decker buses with which more than 1 MW of energy can be fed back into the grid.