Key industry milestones

Nissan has reached an agreement with Tesla to adopt the North American Charging Standard (NACS) beginning in 2025, providing Nissan customers even more choices when it comes to charging their electric vehicle.

SAE International has announced it will standardise the Tesla-developed North American Charging Standard (NACS) connector.

Motorway services operator Moto Hospitality is one of the UK's biggest deployers of EV charging infrastructure. Chief executive Ken McMeikan says that rapidly escalating EV numbers means a lot more energy will be needed, but more joined up thinking from government and utilities will be required to achieve this.

Electreon and Dutch automaker Ginaf have fully integrated Electreon's wireless charging system on a Ginaf 50-ton truck.

First Bus has announced investment in a new purpose-built consumer EV charging hub at its Summercourt depot in Cornwall, England. 

XPeng has announced that its two smart EV models for European markets, have successfully concluded the two-day NAF (Norwegian Automobile Federation) and Motor EV Summer test, also known as El-Prix 2023.

US-headquartered FreeWire Technologies has announced the company's continued international expansion with the official ribbon cutting of FreeWire's European headquarters happening on 19 April, 2023.

Australia-headquartered Tritium DCFC has announced that KuroEV, a charger installer and management services provider, has purchased Tritium fast chargers to be deployed across Malaysia. 

 ALD Automotive has signed an international agreement with ChargePoint Holdings to create a new EV charging business in Europe for international and local corporate clients. 

The joint initiative aims to create a ground-breaking electric mobility service provider (eMSP) to accelerate corporate fleet electrification.

A robust package of measures to turbocharge the UK’s progress towards decarbonising transport, has been announced.