installHUB - Weekly Round Up

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VW plans to cut around 2,000 jobs while delaying the (already delayed) new software architecture due to be used in upcoming Porsche and Audi EVs.

New driving law changes come at a 'crucial point' for electric car owners dealing with 'challenges' 

bp boosts EV charging network with $100 million order of Tesla ultra-fast chargers.

DUDLEY Council is to install 37 new on-street electric vehicle charging points across the borough starting later this year. 

Britain’s carmakers deliver best September since 2020 but action needed to protect EV exports.

Ford Cuts EV Investment After Losing $36,000 On Every EV Sold In Q3.

Volkswagen sticks to EV targets, pricing despite knock to demand.

Mercedes says 'brutal' EV market will pressure car sales margins.

Wharfedale Hospital's solar panel car park canopy to save trust £75,000.

New solar power bus screens fitted in Milton Keynes. 

‘A bright future for the plant’: Giant solar space farm could be orbiting Earth by 2035.

Cardiff Airport: Hotel solar panels a danger to aircraft, council says.

Worcester City Council is to spend £521,000 installing the panels on the roof of St Martin's Gate car park in City Walls Road.

Thurrock Council was left with debts of about £1.5bn following a series of failed investments in solar farms.

Europe’s green tech start-ups face up-hill battle accessing financing and public procurements.

BP Ventures to put 90% of investments into green tech, says boss. 

Pavegen, a new and quirky renewable energy company, has developed a unique technology that can convert footsteps into electricity.

Wearable technology can generate electricity from the user’s body heat, sweat and motion, which makes it a highly sustainable solution.

A driver has told how he was "kidnapped" by his runaway electric car and forced to dodge red lights and roundabouts.

The last two weeks in the UK have been dramatic for those watching the electric vehicle market.

Hyundai’s future EVs will also have Tesla’s EV charging port.--

Electric car drivers could face 7,500-hour wait at rapid charging stations in EV chaos.

Street lamps with EV chargers and Wi-fi to be trialled in Oxfordshire.

John Lewis Financial Services has temporarily stopped offering insurance to drivers of electric vehicles – a decision made by its underwriter Covéa.

Plans submitted for EV chargers at depot for electric bus fleet.

Solar farm to power 650 homes rejected due to visual impact on South Cambridgeshire countryside

Huge solar farm outside Gloucester scrapped after wave of objections from residents.

Lincolnshire solar farms plans should be rejected – councillors.

JBM Solar has launched a consultation for a 320MW solar project in Yorkshire, in the UK.

Global carbon emissions from electric power may peak this year, report says.

This week we chatted to Leire Ruiz Estebanez- International Project Management Officer at GreenSync - https://greensync.com/ To discuss all about the latest phase of the AAR project and what is going to be achieved! 

The Automatic Asset Registration (AAR) provides an opportunity to digitalise the energy system. AAR was initially conceived by the Energy Data Taskforce and the Energy Digitalisation Taskforce who called for ‘the coordination of Asset Registration’ of Low Carbon technologies.
 
 The 2021 Smart Systems and Flexibility Plan and Energy Digitalisation Strategy outlined how government and Ofgem will deliver the flexibility and innovation needed for a Net Zero energy system.
 
 The Energy Digitalisation Strategy included work on the Coordinated Asset Registration strategy for smaller scale assets (such as solar panels, electric vehicles, battery storage and heat pumps, which typically require registration by an installer). The Strategy outlined how government will work with industry to streamline the registration process for small-scale assets to improve data collection and therefore improve the visibility of these assets on the system.
 
 The AAR programme is made up of 3 Phases:
 
 Phase 1 – Feasibility studies
 Phase 2 – Development
 Phase 3 – Pilot testing 

-https://es.catapult.org.uk/what-we-do/ 

Here at installHUB we're very pleased to be apart of the project helping to capture all data sufficiently so everything can be recorded and processed correctly to show a true reflection of the projects success.

The Government decides to delay the introduction of its ban on the sale of new internal combustion engine (ICE) cars and vans by five years.

New Lexus brand boss plans big EV overhaul, benchmarking Tesla.

Toyota bets on new technology and old-school thinking.

Allstar has launched its new electric vehicle (EV) payment solution, Chargepass, with the founder and former CEO of Mina, Ashley Tate, taking the helm.

Kia Corp.’s latest electric vehicle is the tiny Ray, with seating for just one person in its smallest configuration, and it has a price in South Korea to match. 

Scientists invent solar panel coating that lets them work in any weather.

Q Energy is ‘looking for partners’ to bid in offshore wind tenders in Portugal and Germany.

A decision on what would be one of Europe's largest solar farms has been postponed until December. 

The Biden-Harris Administration has announced that applications are now open for the Electric Vehicle Charger Reliability and Accessibility Accelerator.

BMW are set to announce a multi-million-pound investment in their Oxford MINI plant.

A public inquiry into the building of a solar farm the size of more than 88 football pitches on green belt land has begun.

Orsted has unveiled its first solar project in the UK.

Octopus doubles cash splash for solar customers.

A solar farm the size of around 50 football pitches near Billericay has been given the green light. 

The UK’s climate tech sector could receive a £4bn investment from Qatar as the Middle Eastern nation looks to establish a green energy research facility in southern England.

Car industry executives have called for incentives for private electric car buyers to be reintroduced ahead of the start of the zero-emissions vehicle (ZEV) mandate in 2024.

A new electric vehicle charging hub – big enough to charge 180 cars simultaneously – has been opened by the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt in Birmingham.

Stellantis's factory in Ellesmere Port is the UK's only dedicated manufacturing plant for the vehicles.

An electric vehicle charging site that can cater for 180 cars simultaneously opens on Thursday.

EV broken? Finding a technician to fix it may take a while.

Skoda says that it will have a sub-€20k electric vehicle on the road by the end of the decade, as part of what it says is its commitment to providing value for money.

A new charter for public EV charging has been created, with the aim of improving the reliability, transparency, accessibility, and usability of the UK's network.

Estonian startup VOOL has secured a fresh capital injection of €2.92mn to boost production and development of its EV charging solutions. 

The solar industry in the United States expects to install a record-high 32 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity this year, with additions surging by 52% from 2022.

Octopus customers exporting power to the grid will now receive 15p/kWh, putting average household with an EV and solar panels on track to earn £150 a year.

AN APPEAL has been lodged against the refusal of planning permission for solar panels on the historic Papa Stour kirk as part of its major renovation.

Colorado will give you $6K for your old gas-guzzler starting this week

If you or someone you know qualifies for every possible program, let us know at [email protected]

tado° launched tado° Smart Charging, for home charging stations. 

India is one of the fastest-growing electric vehicle markets in the world.

Elon Musk's Tesla is under investigation over a secret Tesla Autopilot option called 'Elon Mode' 

Google to begin selling maps data to companies building solar products.

Solar panels worth about £10,500 were stolen from an energy farm, police said. 

UrbanVolt, secures a €26m investment for expansion in Ireland, the UK, and Continental Europe.

In a matter of months, Bulgaria’s total solar power capacity is set to exceed 3 GW.

ECIU estimates rolling out solar panels across the roofs of homes and commercial properties could yield enough power capacity to reduce average UK bills by £1,000 a year

On average, more than 17,000 households installed solar panels every month this year.

Volvo has teased a new pure-electric MPV called the EM90. It’ll be unveiled on 12 November 2023.

Japanese car group Nissan will launch 27 electrified vehicles globally by 2030, including 19 battery-electric models.

2025 Kia EV5 Revealed As Family-Friendly Compact SUV.

Volkswagen opened pre-orders for its flagship ID.7 electric sedan on Thursday for European customers. 

Santander Consumer Finance has extended its partnership with MG Motor to provide dealers with a benefits scheme for customers.

China's Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL), claimed last week that it had developed a battery that can power a car for a distance of 400km after just ten minutes of charging. 

Shares of electric-vehicle startup VinFast Auto Ltd. have surged since the company went public.

 Companies and educational groups across the UK and Europe are ramping up training programmes.

Smart home company Swithbot today announced its newest generation retrofit curtain motor.

A spacecraft has detected tiny jets that could be the elusive source of the sun’s solar wind.

UK government urged to create green tech investment fund.

China’s central government plans more funding for low-carbon technology projects.

Green tech start-up Stabl Energy secures €15M for battery storage innovation.

This week we spoke to Founder and MD Sri Hollema of Mat Zero.

The mission at Mat Zero is to provide safe and sustainable heating to refugees and disaster relief zones. Keeping the user and the environment at the heart of everything.

Mat Zero’s sitting mat can be heated to 37-40°C, providing warmth for the entire family. It can be unrolled onto any floor surface to provide warmth from the ground up. Its insulated layers make it energy efficient and comfortable for the user. Powered by Mat Zero energy hub, but has the design flexibility to be plugged directly into alternative power supplies, such as renewable sources or mains. 

To follow the journey - 

@matzeroltd (instagram) 

Sri Hollema (personal LinkedIn) 

Mat Zero (company LinkedIn) 

www.matzero.com (company website)