Key industry milestones

EV charging point app Zapmap has published new year-end figures for EV charge point installations in the UK during 2024.

Tivolt Electric Vehicles, an EV venture of Murugappa Group and a subsidiary of TI Clean Mobility, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with EV charging soliutions provider Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited (TPREL) to enhance e-mobility for commercial vehicles across the country.

InstaVolt has officially launched its first ultra-rapid charging site in the Republic of Ireland at McDonald’s Belgard Road in Dublin.

The Trafford Centre in Manchester, north-west England is set to expand its number of EV chargers to become one of Europe's largest charging hubs.

Car maker Stellantis and Chinese battery manufacturer CATL have reached an agreement to invest up to €4.1bn to form a joint venture that will build a large-scale European lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery plant in Zaragoza, Spain.

Entrepreneurs who set up UK EV charging technology company GRIDSERVE have launched GIGATONS, a global technology and funding platform designed to accelerate the global transition to net zero.

EECOMOBILITY, a startup from McMaster University’s Centre for Mechatronics and Hybrid Technology in Canada, has secured seed funding from a global group of investors.

Sweden-based Hexagon has announced a new battery cell design solution that combines Fraunhofer ITWM’s electro-chemical simulation technology with Hexagon’s multi-physics material simulation and metrology software to significantly accelerate new battery cell research and development programmes.

Concord Pacific has opened what it describes as the world's largest EV charging facility in Canada, capable of rapid charging nearly 2,000 vehicles simultaneously.

The US Joint Office of Energy and Transportation has celebrated reaching 200,000 public charging bays available nationwide.