Is motorway electric car charging about to become MUCH better? Transport Minister to enforce new rules to make them more reliable and accessible Currently one firm dominates charging points on UK motorways Transport Minister Rachel Maclean says this will change soon Anyone with a contactless card will be able to use the points By Grace … Read more
Afghan criminal gang are deflating and burying dinghies on French beaches before charging migrants £2,000 each to use them to get to the UK An alleged criminal network is thought to been buying second-hand boats online They then stashed the vessels – which could carry up to 15 migrants – near Calais The migrants would … Read more
Car firm Kia has today launched an antidote for drivers of electric cars who suffer range-anxiety worries about where they can next charge their car. It’s new KiaCharge s ‘one-stop shop’ system gives drivers of its cars access to 13,900 UK charging points at which to recharge their pure electric or plug-in petrol-electric hybrid vehicles. … Read more
The huge gulf in costs faced by electric car owners who use public devices to replenish the batteries of their plug-in vehicles has been revealed in a new study. The priciest companies charge up to four times as much as the cheapest provider for the same amount of charge, a market comparison of user costs … Read more
The Government has published its latest update on the growth in electric vehicle charging infrastructure, confirming the UK has passed 20,000 publicly-accessible devices. A total of 4,270 new charge points were added to the network in 2020, an increase of 26 per cent. And of the 20,775 plug-in points now available, 3,880 are judged to … Read more
Farmers are raking it in by turning their fields into exercise spaces for DOGS – where owners pay up to £20 an HOUR for a safe place to walk their pooches Farmers are opening up their fields to let dog walkers hire them out for the day There are more than 450 fields currently available … Read more
Apple is working on a charging cord for its iPhones that will make frayed cables a thing of the past, a new patent suggests. The patent, filed to the US Patent and Trademark Office and dated Thursday, suggests the new cable will have a uniform thickness but different levels of stiffness. Either ends of the cable … Read more
Forget cables! Xiaomi announces new long-range wireless charger lets you power multiple devices from some 10 FEET away Xaiomi’s Mi Air Charge Technology powers phones from ‘several feet away’ It also works on wearables and can charge multiple devices at once An isolated charging station locates the phone and transmits waves An array on the … Read more
Two of Britain’s largest oil producers have taken major steps in their battle to go green. BP has dismantled its century old exploration team, cutting the division to less than 100 employees from over 700 just a few years ago. And rival Shell bought Ubitricity, the largest electric vehicle charging network in the UK. Cleaning … Read more
Former Australian Survivor star Aaron ‘AK’ Knight is charging a whopping $1,000 for a single message on Cameo By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia Published: 07:35 GMT, 15 January 2021 | Updated: 07:35 GMT, 15 January 2021 Aaron ‘AK’ Knight first rose to fame on season two of Australian Survivor and then returned in … Read more