Survey Results: UK EV Demand Driven By Younger Generation
Electric vehicle demand in the UK seems to be driven mostly by the younger generations, well going by the results of a recent survey conducted by the auto industry and the government-funded Go Ultra...
View ArticleDriveNow & City Airport in London Partnering For Carsharing
DriveNow and London City Airport have partnered to make the popular car sharing program available to travelers using the popular English airport, according to a recent email sent to EV Obsession. The...
View ArticlePOD Point Launching New Crowdfunding Round, With Targeted Goal Of £1.75 Million
The UK-based electric vehicle charging station supplier POD Point is launching a new crowdfunding round — with a stated goal of raising £1.75 million in new funds — according to recent reports. The...
View ArticleUK Signs Up For New Initiative To Make All New Cars, Buses, & Vans Electric...
The UK government has agreed to work towards the goal of ensuring that all new cars, buses, and vans sold in 2050 are electrics as part of a new initiative that’s being supported by Norway, Holland,...
View ArticleeConnect Cars Launches Crowdfunding Campaign To Double Taxi Fleet Size
The electric taxi company eConnect Cars has launched a new crowdfunding campaign to help achieve its plans to double its fleet size by the year 2018, according to recent reports. The tentative deadline...
View ArticleLong-Term Exposure To Air Pollution Responsible For Over 430,000 Deaths A...
A new report from the European Environment Agency has revealed that long-term exposure to common air pollution is responsible for over 430,000 deaths a year in Europe, according to recent reports. It...
View ArticleOver 75,000 EVs Registered In Europe In 2015
More than 75,000 electric vehicles were registered in the European market in 2015, according to the most recent figures from Avere France. The top 4 markets in Europe for the year — Norway, France, the...
View ArticleUK Electric Car Sales Boom
Originally published on Sustainnovate. By Henry Lindon The electric vehicle market — which includes both all-electric (EV) and plug-in hybrid (PHEV) vehicles — in the UK has been surging over the last...
View ArticleElm EV Launches First Crowdfunding Campaign
Elm EV, an electric vehicle charging station installation company, recently launched its first crowdfunding campaign — with the aim being to raise more than £200,000 in new funding. The new funding...
View ArticleUK Nissan LEAF Sales Boomed In 2015
Nissan LEAF sales in the UK continued their fast rise last year — with 5236 registrations of the popular electric vehicle being reported in 2015 — according to recent reports. That means that Nissan...
View ArticleWho Are EV Early Adopters?
In our third article pulled from Electric Cars: What Early Adopters & First Followers Want — a new report from CleanTechnica, EV Obsession, and GAS2 — I’m jumping into who the respondents of the...
View ArticleMorgan Gets $8.5 Million From UK’s Advanced Propulsion Center — EV3 Entering...
The noted (but obscure) English car company Morgan has secured a £6 million ($8.5 million) grant from the UK’s Advanced Propulsion Center — as well as further assistance from Delta Motorsport and...
View ArticleNissan Future-Gen EV Batteries To Be Produced In UK
Nissan has announced that it will be producing future-generation EV batteries in Sunderland, in the UK. First of all, this is exciting news for Sunderland and the UK as a whole, as it means...
View ArticlePOD Point Raised £267,750 Via Recent Crowdfunding Campaign
The electric vehicle charging point company POD Point raised £267,750 during its recent Open Charge Mini Bond crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, according to an email sent to EVObsession. The company...
View ArticleCity Of Oxford Launching EV Charging Infrastructure Buildout
The city of Oxford, England, was recently chosen as one of winning cities of the UK’s Go Ultra Low City funding scheme, and will therefore be working to actualize its submitted plans to greatly expand...
View ArticleElectric Taxis Enjoy Lucrative Fuel Savings In The UK, Protect Clean Air
Nissan LEAF and e-NV200 Combi electric vehicles (EVs) have become a standard — and a high standard in regards to environmental gain due to zero emissions — in UK private taxi fleets. Reports of over 3...
View ArticlePOD Point’s Vision For Our EV Charging Future, & New Volvo Partnership
We’ve covered POD Point a handful of times, but I got to interview CEO and Founder Erik Fairbairn a few months ago and haven’t yet gotten around to writing up a story on that. Well, now’s the time....
View ArticleNearly 200,000 EVs Delivered In Europe During 2015
Nearly 200,000 electric vehicles (all-electrics + plug-in hybrids) were delivered to buyers in Europe during 2015 — roughly double the figure for 2014 — according to EV-Volumes, an EV sales database...
View ArticlePOD Point & Volkswagen Announce Partnership — Automaker Chooses POD Point As...
The UK-based electric vehicle charging station company POD Point will now be the recommended supplier of Volkswagen UK, following on the announcement of a new partnership, according to an email sent to...
View Article7 Cool Electric Vehicle Charts From POD Point
As noted in this article, I recently interviewed the CEO and founder of POD Point, Erik Fairbairn. POD Point is the top supplier of EV charging equipment in the UK, so it has quite a bit of useful data...
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