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April 24, 2025
Fastned and Places for London get green light for EV charging hub in west London
Ultra-rapid EV charging hub operator Fastned and Transport for London's property company Places for London have secured planning permission for a new EV charging hub at TfL’s Hatton Cross station car park, following approval by the London Borough of Hillingdon.
April 23, 2025
Suffolk County Council in UK to roll out 6,000 on-street and community EV charge points
Suffolk County Council, in partnership with charge point company Believ, will deliver around 6,000 new public EV charge points across the UK county to support residents make the transition to EVs.
April 14, 2025
Newport City Council plugs in with Urban Fox for lamp post EV charging
Urban Fox, a partnership between Balfour Beatty Investments and Urban Electric Networks, has secured a contract with Newport City Council to install one of the first lamp post EV charging networks in Wales.
April 4, 2025
GSA to eliminate "wasteful" EV charging stations at US federal facilities
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has issued a memorandum to tenants in federal facilities under its jurisdiction, providing agencies with the criteria to be used to justify that any electric vehicle charging infrastructure is mission critical.
March 31, 2025
Tackling transport poverty in Europe with EV public charging points
A new paper by the Social Market Foundation (SMF) identifies insufficient charging point buildup as a major barrier to tackling the societal issue of transport poverty.
March 28, 2025
EV charge points outnumber gas nozzles in California
The California Energy Commission (CEC) says the US state has reached 178,549 public and shared private EV chargers installed statewide compared to a CEC-estimated 120,000 gas nozzles.
March 27, 2025
UK Midlands to get 16,000 new EV chargers
Drivers across the UK's Midlands will benefit from more than 16,000 new EV chargers as the region has secured over £40m in government investment.
March 21, 2025
JFK Airport doubles number of EV chargers
The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey and Revel have opened a new EV charging station at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) that more than doubles the airport’s available EV chargers.
March 18, 2025
Camden Council to deploy 570 'flat and flush' Trojan Energy charge points
The UK borough of Camden in London is making a multi-million pound investment in on-street, residential EV chargers.
March 17, 2025
UK government "must overcome delays" for EV charging network rollout to succeed
Patchy availability for EV charging plagues large swathes of UK motorways, according to a new report from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the UK Parliament.