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Electric van fleets will require savvy charging point technology

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:26:40 +0000

Erik Fairbairn, CEO of POD Point said: “Back office systems for monitoring energy use will become increasingly important as businesses move to electric vehicles. Fleet Managers will want to ensure that vehicles are being charged at the cheapest time of day – and they may wish to network their charge points to ensure data is captured in a format that is easy to monitor and evaluate.”

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POD Point Takes UK Drivers Twice Around the World with 100,000 Milestone

admin — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:10:35 +0000

Electric vehicle charging specialists POD Point are celebrating 100,000 miles of EV motoring in the UK thanks to their nationwide network of charge points, fuelled by a growing demand for electric vehicles by the general public.

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Source London Expands Network of Charge Points

admin — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:53:13 +0000

New electric vehicle charge points have been installed across Lewisham, Hackney and
Hounslow under the government funded Source London scheme, helping to support the rising demand for public charge points by drivers of electric vehicles such as the Nissan Leaf.

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Government announces new national registry of electric car charging points

admin — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 11:41:16 +0000

The development of the registry and whitelist is part of the Government’s Infrastructures Strategy, which was published earlier this year. POD Point has been awarded a contract worth £89k to host the data on a server, and are creating systems that will allow plug-in vehicle recharging schemes to easily upload and download information… read full story

POD Point selected to help create UK’s first centralised electric vehicle charging network

admin — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:40:48 +0000

Electric vehicle charging software and hardware specialist POD Point has been selected by the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) to help develop a cross-region charging solution which allows members to charge their vehicles at any participating chargepoints across the country…download press release

Mapping the country’s charging points

admin — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:39:45 +0000

The locations of charging points for plug-in vehicles are to be systematically mapped across the country to make it easier for motorists to go electric, Transport Minister Norman Baker and Business Minister Mark Prisk announced today… read full story

PodPoint to compile National Chargepoint Registry

admin — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:31:25 +0000

A UK-wide directory of electric vehicle recharging points is to be compiled as part of efforts to encourage motorists to buy low emission vehivles… read full story

RAC: Plans to make public charging easy

admin — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:53:51 +0000

Announced by transport minister Norman Baker and business minister Mark Prisk, the National Chargepoint Registry will be developed by a UK-based chargepoint manufacturer POD Point, with the data supplied for use in satellite navigation and mobile applications…. read full story

Electric Cars: Department Of Transport To Unveil Map Of Charging Points Around The Country Say Ministers

admin — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:48:57 +0000

The government would develop a National Chargepoint Registry and a central whitelist, to help motorists use their electric vehicles more effectively, ministers have announced earlier today. The development of a National Chargepoint Registry and Central Whitelist was a commitment made in the Government’s Infrastructure Strategy published earlier this year…. read full story

‘Leccy car plug map keeps greenies juiced up

admin — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:44:05 +0000

Never let your battery buggy run down again…

The UK Ministry of Transport is drawing up a map of plug-in points for electric cars in order to make it easier for the drivers of battery-buggies to charge up their vehicles.

The database of charge locations will be developed by POD Point – a UK-based chargepoint manufacturer… read full story