electric vehicles

  • E-mobility and low carbon

    Pixie Chart of the week | 2018 EV sales to match National Grid projection

    On 5 November, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) published its October 2018 EV registration data. The graph shows a 6% increase on EV registrations for the year-to-date compared to 2017, although for the majority of 2018, BEV sales were slightly down. This week's Pixie Chart of the...

  • E-mobility and low carbon

    Pixie Chart of the week | Low-carbon transport future at risk due to policy gap

    A letter to the Business Secretary from the CCC has highlighted a gap in policy measures for road transport to achieve the most cost-effective path for decreasing transport emissions. The UK transport sector is now the largest greenhouse gas (GHG) emitter by sector, responsible for 28% of national emissions. Current...

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    Pixie Chart of the week | Peak load from EV uptake manageable: McKinsey

    We review a recent article by management consultants McKinsey & Company, The Potential Impact of Electric Vehicles on Global Energy Systems in this week's Chart of the week. The research that found that power demand increases due to EV uptake are likely to be manageable. Impacts on the electricity load...

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    Pixie Chart of the week | EVs’ future role uncertain as uptake projections vary

    In Ofgem’s latest insight paper, Future Insights Paper 5 - Implications of the Transition to Electric Vehicles, published on 18 July, National Grid’s Future Energy Scenarios (FES) electric vehicle (EV) projections were found to have varied significantly in the period 2015 to 2017. From this, two key points could be...

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    Pixie Chart of the week | Lower prices forecast in Li-battery market

    In a tally of battery suppliers published by Bloomberg New Energy Finance in its Electric Vehicle Outlook 2018, Panasonic – which provides the cells for Tesla’s electric vehicles (EVs) – has perhaps unsurprisingly come out on top, based on capacity in 2016-17.

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    Chart of the week | Moving up a gear: BP purchases Chargemaster

    The purchase of Chargemaster – the UK’s largest electric vehicle (EV) charging company – by BP for £130mn marked a significant development in the oil major’s entry into the EV space. This is the latest in a series of EV-related acquisitions from BP. This sees it increase its “mobility as...

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    Chart of the week | Will electric vehicles spark new life into energy retail

    Vattenfall joined the growing number of GB energy suppliers looking to build electric vehicle (EV) propositions, with the launch of its inCharge public network in the UK on 30 May 2018. This move sees it enter the busy space of suppliers looking to engage with the opportunities that EVs bring....

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    Chart of the week | EV charging – who’s in the driving seat?

    Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) raised a modification to the Smart Energy Code (SEC) on 21 February. This has the potential to have some profound impacts on the EV charging sector. In this week's Chart of the week, Ed Reed discusses the raised modification. The proposal is to allow...