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The UK government’s EV Charging Plan, reported here last week, should be able to accommodate the needs of commercial vans, to ensure it is fit for purpose, according to logistics industry association Logistics UK.

The Amperage Group has launched Amperage Capital to enable EV charging in apartment communities. 

The CEO of the UK’s largest motorway service provider Moto says that the country's EV charging network will need twelve times more energy than is currently used to provide the charging power required in 2030.

The Indian State of Maharashtra has announced a strategic energy partnership with Gogoro and Belrise Industries to establish what it says is an "unprecedented" battery-swapping infrastructure. 

European CPO (charge point operator) association ChargeUp Europe has issued an open letter calling for the standardisation of the process of getting a grid connection in the region. 

EV charging management platform Ampeco has raised a total of US$16m in venture capital investment after closing a Series A funding round of US$13m led by BMW i Ventures. 

Hertz has announced a new public-private partnership initiative, Hertz Electrifies, aimed at accelerating the transition to EVs, while creating economic opportunity and environmental benefits for communities. 

UK energy software platform Kaluza has launched Inflexion, a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) bidirectional charging programme with Volkswagen Group UK, OVO Energy, and Indra. 

The global EV charger market is projected to advance at a CAGR of 19.4% from 2022 to 2031, according to the market outlook presented in a study by Transparency Market Research (TMR).

Hitachi Energy has won an order to supply its Grid-eMotion Flash ultrafast charging system for the two busiest bus routes in the city of Clermont-Ferrand, central France. 

Leviton, a provider in residential electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) and wireless smart home technology, has launched its EV Series Charging Stations with My Leviton app compatibility.

Autel has launched an innovative electric vehicle DC charger, the MaxiCharger DC Compact, providing up to 40kW of DC power for the US version and 47kW of power for the European version. 

The U.S. Postal Service’s commitment to electric vehicles is a significant – and positive – development for the EV industry, experts say. But, not surprisingly, the transition also presents some challenges.

Italvolt, the company developing Italy's largest independent battery cell factory, has announced it has entered a strategic collaboration with StoreDot, a pioneer in extreme fast charging and energy dense lithium-ion battery technology.

A £3.27m bid to upgrade the EV charging network across Northern Ireland will see the entirety of the public charging network enhanced for the benefit of communities and electric vehicle users.

FortisAlberta is inviting EV owners across Alberta, Canada, to participate in its electric vehicle smart charging pilot. 

The Electric Vehicle Smart Charging Action Plan published by the UK government and Ofgem, sets out steps being taken to seize on the significant potential of smart charging and make it the preferred method of long duration charging by 2025.

OBE Power Networks has secured funding to support advancing its EV Charging-as-a-Service (EV CaaS), thus enabling the company to expand its current Florida and Texas footprint to the entire country.

Paul Maric and Alborz Fallah of Car Expert wanted to put this theory to the test over an extended road trip in Australia. They drove between Adelaide and Sydney, which is around 1,400km in a diesel Audi Q5 and a full electric Kia EV6 to see how inconvenient a regional road trip would be in an EV and also how much cheaper the road trip would be. The results were surprising!

Ohme is now the official EV charging partner for the Energy House 2.0 house of the future project unveiled last week at the University of Salford in the UK.