Scottish start-up Trojan Energy has secured a £4.1 million round of seed funding to support the roll-out of its on-street flat and flush EV charging points. Equity Gap led a £1 million funding round; other investors include SIS Ventures, Alba Equity and the Scottish Investment Bank. The equity funding unlocked an additional £3.1 million from… Continue reading Trojan Energy scores £4.1 million in funding for on-street charging solution
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Ford Mustang Mach-E buyers to receive free fill-ups from Electrify America
Ford has announced that buyers of its upcoming Mustang Mach-E will receive a little welcome-to-electric-driving present: 250 kWh of complimentary charging at Electrify America fast charging stations. This amounts to from three to five full charges, depending on battery size. Mustang Mach-E customers also get two years of free charging at stations participating in the… Continue reading Ford Mustang Mach-E buyers to receive free fill-ups from Electrify America
Scandinavian telecom provider to offer EV charging solutions
Does it make sense for phone companies to get into the EV charging game? The Norwegian firm Telenor offers a full range of telecom services in the Nordic Countries, including mobile and fixed telephony, internet access and cable TV. Now Telenor has partnered with Swedish e-mobility company CaCharge to offer charging services to Telenor’s customers… Continue reading Scandinavian telecom provider to offer EV charging solutions
Battery swapping is back: NIO Power has completed more than 500,000 swaps
Remember battery swapping? Following Tesla’s abandonment of the concept, and the spectacular rise and fall of Better Place, most in the EV industry probably wrote it off as a failed transitional technology. However, over in China, NIO has been diligently improving its battery swapping technology. The company introduced its Power Swap system in December 2017,… Continue reading Battery swapping is back: NIO Power has completed more than 500,000 swaps
Sygic navigation solution integrates payment for charging
Slovakian mobile navigation vendor Sygic has added an EV Mode to its flagship Sygic GPS Navigation product. The new mode, which is available for free, allows users to plan routes with compatible charging points, get real-time data from charging stations, and process payments without the need for additional applications. Sygic’s EV Mode allows EV drivers… Continue reading Sygic navigation solution integrates payment for charging
Stanford researchers demonstrate major advance in dynamic charging
Stanford engineers say they have taken a big step toward a practical system for dynamic charging, which would allow EVs to recharge while hurtling down the highway. Stanford Professor Shanhui Fan has been working on dynamic charging for some time. In 2012, he and his team published a description of a dynamic system, which they… Continue reading Stanford researchers demonstrate major advance in dynamic charging
AMPLY Power secures $13-million in funding for Charging-as-a-Service fleet products
Fleet charging solutions provider AMPLY Power has secured $13.2 million in Series A funding from investors including Soros Fund Management and Siemens, as well as existing seed round investors, including Congruent Ventures, PeopleFund and Obvious Ventures. AMPLY Power’s comprehensive Charging-as-a-Service offering for fleet operators ensures each electric truck or bus is charged and ready for… Continue reading AMPLY Power secures $13-million in funding for Charging-as-a-Service fleet products
Urban Electric concludes successful trial of on-street pop-up charging stations
British charging startup Urban Electric Networks has completed a trial of its UEone prototype on-street pop-up charging hub, which was conducted in association with Oxford City Council. Urban Electric’s pop-up charging hubs were developed specifically to solve the problem of at-home charging for the 43% of UK households who have no assigned parking spaces, and… Continue reading Urban Electric concludes successful trial of on-street pop-up charging stations
Fortum sells majority share of Nordic EV charging operator to Infracapital
Finnish energy conglomerate Fortum has agreed to sell the majority of its public charging network operator Fortum Recharge to Infracapital, a subsidiary of investment manager M&G. Fortum Recharge owns approximately 1,300 public chargers, mostly DC fast chargers, and operates an additional 1,400 charging points in Norway, Finland and Sweden. After the transaction Fortum’s ownership in… Continue reading Fortum sells majority share of Nordic EV charging operator to Infracapital
FreeWire Technologies raises $25 million in new financing
FreeWire Technologies, a provider of “power solutions for the grid edge,” has closed a $25-million Series B and venture debt financing round, which was led by existing investor BP Ventures, together with new investors ABB Technology Ventures and Energy Innovation Capital. The financing will support the commercialization of FreeWire’s fast charging technologies. The company’s solutions… Continue reading FreeWire Technologies raises $25 million in new financing