250 million euros to invest in Sweden and HollandThe Swedish energy company Vattenfall wants to invest heavily in the expansion of charging stations in Germany. It said it will spend half a billion euros over the next five years on expanding the charging...Read more
InfrastructureFastned, the Dutch-based fast charging company, is granted permission to build 34 EV charging sites in Germany. It won one lot in the second so-called “Deutschlandnetz” tender, which will result in the building of 200...Read more
"Easens the change to clean vehicles"Home EV charging startup Kerbo Charge has won investment from angel investor Deborah Meaden on Dragons’ Den. The money will be used to help roll out its through-pavement EV charging channel across the UK.Read more
InfrastructureOne of the tallest residential buildings in the Portuguese capital, Infinity, has installed 200 wallboxes on three floors for electric vehicle charging. Siemens has also installed an intelligent management system in the building.Read more
InfrastructureThe Swiss Federal Roads Office (ASTRA) is making additional areas available along the country’s national roads for the construction of 55 fast-charging hubs, divided over five plots. Companies are asked to submit their application documents...Read more
Grid independentSolar car park installer 3ti has completed the installation of a Papilio3 pop-up solar car park and electric vehicle (EV) charging hub at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness.Read more
Second-largest fundraising in charging sector in EuropeParis-based fast charging EV-network Electra has raised a €304m Series B to expand its network of charging stations across Europe. It marks Europe’s second-biggest fundraising round in the sector after German EV-charging startup Ionity raised a...Read more
First charging station opened only 5 months after winning the tenderFastned opened its first charging station in Denmark, marking the beginning of the Dutch company’s operations in Scandinavia.Read more
Support by the European Investment Bank The European Investment Bank (EIB) announced signing a EUR 40 million loan to the Austrian-registered Eldrive Holding GmbH to install 8,472 electric vehicle charging stations in Bulgaria, Lithuania and Romania over the next three years.Read more
Making parking and charging more efficientBosch and Volkswagen subsidiary Cariad started testing automated valet parking combined with automated valet charging of EV’s.Read more