Pending legislation likely to require all new build homes and commercial premises to include EV charge points ( September 2021)
All new residential and non-residential buildings would then have to include infrastructure requirements for electric vehicle charge points so that these may be added at any point. Existing non-residential buildings would be required to install electric vehicle charge points. The DfT expects this to accelerate the rate of installations from around 500 charging point installations per month up to around 700.
Government launches major Future of Transport consultation on EVs and automotive technologies ( October 2021)
The zero emission vehicles strand of the consultation is seeking views on new primary legislation that would give the government powers to introduce requirements in four areas:
• a statutory obligation to plan for and provide charging infrastructure
• requirements to install chargepoints in non-residential car parks
• new powers to support the delivery of the Rapid Charging Fund
• requirements to improve the experience for EV consumers
What Car – Best Electric Vehicles of 2021
https://www.whatcar.com/best/best-electric-cars-2021/n17000
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SPA achieve ISO 45001 and 14001 certification
We have now received certification for ISP 45001 (Health and Safety systems) and 14001 (environmental management system) to add to our previous 9001 (Quality management systems).
Electronic vehicle news
A collection of interesting articles in the EV world.
EV news review
A collection of interesting articles in the EV world.
SPA authorised by additional charge point manufacturers.
SPA are working with numerous charge point manufactures to ensure that we have a selection of chargers from a variety of manufacturers in order to meet these differing location and commercial needs.
Cycling to Work
Many business are now encouraging staff to cycle to work by investing in ‘end of route’ facilities.
Machine of the Month – August
The Metrel EVSE Test Pro