Electric Nation was represented on the Western Power Distribution stand at the Cenex Low Carbon Vehicle (LCV) 2018 event which took place at Millbrook Proving Ground on 12-13 September, and Nick Storer gave a presentation about the project in the ‘E-Mobility Learning from Large Scale Projects for Transport’ session. Smart charging, as being trialled […]
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The Electric Nation project will have a presence on the Western Power Distribution stand C3 206at the Cenex-LCV2018 annual national low carbon vehicle event which takes place at Millbrook, 12th-13thSeptember 2018. Nick Storer will also be presenting about the latest Electric Nation project findings at the event 11:00 on 12thSeptember (‘E-Mobility Learning from Large Scale […]
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Electric Nation trial participants have been given the opportunity to interact with smart charging systems through apps; early findings show that smart charging override is an important function, but only for a minority of EV drivers. Over spring and summer, 248 Electric Nation trial participants have been given the opportunity to interact with the GreenFlux […]
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Smart chargers are now installed for the EVs of all participants and Electric Nation moves into final phase of learning from the trial Smart charging can be a key solution to the impact of increasing numbers of EVs on the electricity network The Electric Nation project has installed its final smart charger as part of […]
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Western Power Distribution has produced an animated video about the growth of electric vehicles and smart charging which can be viewed on the Electric Nation home page: www.electricnation.org.uk The video explains how more of us are moving from driving petrol and diesel vehicles to driving electric vehicles, as lower costs and air quality concerns in […]
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Electric Nation was represented on the DriveElectric stand at Robert Llewellyn’s Fully Charged LIVE event at Silverstone, 9-10 June 2018. Electric Nation’s Smart Charging Summary Guide (available in our Resources section) was available on the DriveElectric stand, which also featured BBC Radio 2 presenter and producer Mark Goodier interviewing people on the subject of EVs. […]
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Electric Nation, in the form of DriveElectric, will have a stand at Robert Llewellyn’s Fully Charged LIVE event, taking place over the weekend of 9 & 10 June 2018 at Silverstone. You can pick up a copy of our Smart Charging Guide on the stand of DriveElectric, the leasing partner at Fully Charged LIVE. With […]
Read moreWe wanted to take this opportunity to thank all our recruits for being so engaged with the surveys so far! To date, they have been tasked with completing 2-3 of them, and response rates have been fantastic – we are hoping to see this remain the case for the duration of the project. For now, […]
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Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has launched a consultation on Managed Electric Vehicle Charging, seeking views on proposed solutions to help avoid potential overloads on local electricity networks caused by sharp increases in the use of electric vehicles. The consultation forms part of SSEN’s Smart EV project, undertaken alongside technology partners EA Technology and […]
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There were a number of electric cars on display at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show that are due to be in production soon. Here’s our Top 10 Electric at Geneva this year that may – or may not – be connecting to the local electricity networks here in the UK before long… Jaguar I-PACE The […]
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