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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hitachi and FirstGroup accelerate the UKs push to electric mobility, delivering 1,000 new bus batteries ...

Many businesses no longer need to pay for expensive substation upgrades following a review by Ofgem into the way customers pay to access the electricity network.

Hitachi technology to deliver the UKs most advanced Electric Heavy Goods Vehicle charging network ...

A new industry-led project that aims to deliver one of the biggest and most advanced electric HGV charging network’s in the world has been announced.

This year’s Fleet & Mobility Live will feature an area dedicated to bringing together local authorities and the fleets they are closely collaborating with.

Dr Richard Drake, Chief Technology Officer at Babcock International Group comments on some of the inspiring collaborative projects and disruptive trends uncovered by The Engineer’s seventh annual Collaborate To Innovate (C2) awards

A major cross-sector collaboration between fleet vehicle operators and energy companies is helping to remove some of the barriers holding back the switch to electric vehicles.

- Optimise Prime, the world's biggest commercial electric vehicle project, which trialled over 8,000 electric vehicles from fleets in the UK including Centrica and Uber has concluded- The trials unveiled

Electric vehicles only make up 2% of all cars. This number expects to grow as more countries and US states ban gas and diesel-powered vehicles.

The new issue of Fleet News is available to read now, in digital-only format.* The February issue takes a detailed look at MaaS, or Mobility as a Service. It has the potential to transform travel through the use of technology to ease some of the burdens around transport use and planning, while reducing pollution. But since the concept was first suggested, passions have cooled. Features editor Andrew Ryan looks at why.   In news Gareth Roberts details fleets calls for certainty in next weeks Bu...