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Ahead of the Autumn Budget, Versinetic is urging the Government to make affordable charging a priority as the UK’s second-hand electric vehicle market grows. The smart EV charging consultancy warns that high public charging costs, limited local infrastructure and older-vehicle compatibility could undermine the benefits of more affordable electric cars reaching the market. The latest […]

Versinetic is launching two new charge controller boards designed to make AC EV chargers simpler and more cost-effective to build. CongaEEL and MinnoRay reduce the amount of hardware manufacturers need, including allowing two charging sockets to share a single controller rather than requiring one for each socket. The two boards, aimed at charge point OEMs and […]

New research commissioned by Farizon has revealed a strong majority of UK tradespeople are considering a switch to electric vans. 71% of respondents in the trades would consider an electric van as their next work vehicle. These findings are contrary to conclusions that may be drawn from the current sales figures. According to Society of […]

Rises in fuel prices mean that an electric vehicle (EV) can now travel over four times further than an equivalent petrol car for the same cost. Andersen EV, a UK-based manufacturer of premium home charge points, conducted a real-world ‘How Far for a Fiver?’ test comparing the distance that could be covered by a Renault […]

Specialised UK electric vehicle charging distributor Volta EV has today confirmed that the popular waEV-charge EV1 range is now fully integrated with Octopus Energy’s flagship Intelligent Octopus Go tariff. The software integration enables a direct cloud-to-cloud link between the waEV-charge hardware and Octopus’s Kraken platform. For end-users, this unlocks the UK’s most competitive domestic EV charging rate of just 8p/kWh, allowing the […]