Private sector initiatives & innovations (including PPPs)

EVBox’s state-of-the-art AC commercial EV charging station, EVBox Liviqo, has received the internationally recognised Red Dot Product Design Award.

StoreDot and Polestar have revealed a groundbreaking milestone by demonstrating pioneering battery technology that charges an electric vehicle in just 10 minutes.

The first bus depot in the UK to offer consumer EV charging is now open to the public, at First Bus’ new purpose-built hub at Summercourt depot in Cornwall.

Aviva Canada and Earth Day Canada announced eight municipalities across Canada will receive Level 2 EV charging stations through their Charged for Change program.

WiTricity has announced that it will be one of the founding members of the Japanese EV Wireless Power Transfer Council.

Austrian companies Easelink and NXP Semiconductors have teamed up to develop a UWB (ultra-wideband) based positioning system for automated charging of electric vehicles.

Ford and Allego have announced a strategic partnership to bring ultra-fast charging infrastructure to hundreds of Ford dealerships across Europe.

BorgWarner New Energy (Xiangyang) is collaborating with global industrial real estate company Goodman Group, and zero-emission long-haul truck developer Windrose Technology, to jointly develop 960kW fast-charging infrastructure for electric long-haul trucks for Goodman's properties in China.

Clean energy provider Egg and EV charging platform Monta are expanding their partnership to empower UK operators and drivers with more control over their energy use.

Wallbox and Bidirectional Energy have secured a US$2.2m grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC) for their residential V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything) demonstration project.