DfT appoints Zapmap as chargepoint open data provider29/09/2025 The Department for Transport (DfT) has appointed Zapmap as its electric vehicle (EV) chargepoint open data provider. |
Westminster tenders £33m EV charging deal24/09/2025 Westminster City Council has tendered a contract for the installation, operation, and management of public electric vehicle (EV) charge points, with an estimated value of £32.9m. |
Essex charges up £633m EV infrastructure contract12/09/2025 Essex County Council has tendered an electric vehicle charging infrastructure contract with an estimated value of £633m over a possible 16-year period. |
Cross-pavement EV charging pilot to inform national guidance28/08/2025 Transport Scotland has announced a cross-pavement electric vehicle charging pilot that will inform national guidance on the issue to support households without off-street parking. |
Scotland awards £3m to bring EV charging to remote locations15/08/2025 Transport for Scotland has awarded over £3m to a group of local authorities to support them in expanding public electric vehicle (EV) charging points. |
'Pioneer' Pompey plans EV expansion after setbacks18/09/2024 Portsmouth City Council has announced plans to more than triple the number of on-street charge points over the next three years. |
Scottish Government announces first winners from £30m EV charging fund12/07/2024 The Scottish Government is allocating over £7m in the first tranche of its £30m Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund - set up to encourage private investment in the electric vehicle charging network. |
LGTAG guidance on home EV charging18/06/2024 The Local Government Technical Advisers Group has published new guidance on charging of private electric vehicles on the public highway. |
Sunak's delayed 2035 ban on petrol and diesel cars becomes law03/01/2024 Prime minister Rishi Sunak's revised timetable for the banning of petrol and diesel car sales has been enshrined in law. |
Not so fast: Government adrift on SRN charge point goal02/01/2024 The Government has missed its target of having six or more rapid or ultra-rapid electric vehicle chargers at every motorway service area in England by the end of 2023, the RAC has said. |
DfT thrown into confusion as Government plans unravel05/10/2023 A flagship £9bn road scheme and a key electric vehicle (EV) charging policy have been thrown into doubt after the prime minister's recent interventions on transport. |
Durham trials footway channel for EV charging02/08/2023 Durham County Council has launched a pilot scheme to enable people without a driveway to charge electric vehicles at home. |
£1.8m for UK’s 'largest local authority EV roll-out'14/11/2022 West Sussex has become one of the first councils to announce its funding share from the latest round of the Department for Transport's On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme, winning a cash allocation of £1.8m. |
FM Conway's lampost EV charging system chosen by Hammersmith12/08/2022 FM Conway's electric vehicle (EV) charging solution, SureCharge, has been chosen by the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham to provide residential on-street EV charging. |
Scottish building regs to put EV chargers in new developments11/08/2022 The Scottish Government has said it will legislate to ensure developers provide electric vehicle (EV) charge points in the construction of new residential and non-residential buildings. |
Less than 1 in 5 councils have dedicated EV resource03/08/2022 Only 14% of local authorities in the UK have a dedicated resource for the roll-out of electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure, putting the Government's timetable at risk, a new survey has revealed. |
New homes to have electric car charging14/09/2021 All new homes and offices in England will have electric car chargers as standard under new laws, the Government has said. |
TfL launches £2m EV charging hub02/09/2021 Transport for London (TfL) has opened a new rapid charging hub in Woolwich. |
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