Electric car chargers offer 9% return: Green return or high risk bond?

Investment offer: The 50 new chargers funded by the green bond will be operated under the Be.EV brand Investors are being offered a five-year ‘green bond’ paying a 9 per cent annual return to fund a string of electric vehicle chargers across Greater Manchester. Operating firm Iduna plans to add 50 new chargers to the … Read more

Simple trick to hide chargers from your bedside table sparks debate

Mum shares her simple trick to hide unsightly chargers from your bedside table – but not everyone is convinced A mum has shared a simple trick to organise the chargers on the bedside table  The tip involves removing the drawers to place the cords inside  But the tip was deemed a fire hazard by other … Read more

Simple trick to hide chargers from your bedside table sparks debate

Mum shares her simple trick to hide unsightly chargers from your bedside table – but not everyone is convinced A mum has shared a simple trick to organise the chargers on the bedside table  The tip involves removing the drawers to place the cords inside  But the tip was deemed a fire hazard by other … Read more

£20m more for on-street electric car chargers – but roll-out must speed up

The Government will make an extra £20million available to Britain’s local authorities to bolster their electric car charging infrastructure. The cash injection is for kerb-side devices to be installed in towns and cities to ‘allow residents without private parking to reliably charge their vehicles,’ says the Department for Transport’s announcement this morning. However, a report … Read more

Councils plan to install just 9,300 on-street electric car chargers by 2025

Local councils are planning to install just 9,317 public charge points for electric cars between now and 2025, which threatens to cause a huge ‘bottleneck in adoption’ to plug-in vehicles in the coming years. An average of 35 chargers per local authority are due to be provided in the next four years with 126 councils … Read more

Samsung and Xiamo to eliminate chargers with upcoming smartphones after sharing ads mocking Apple

Just a few months after trolling Apple for no longer including a charger with the iPhone, two competitors are now doing the exact same thing. Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun confirmed the Mi 11 will come without a charger and Samsung deleted a Facebook post over the weekend that mocked Apple’s move, which may be hinting … Read more

Samsung and Xiamo to eliminate chargers with upcoming smartphones after sharing ads mocking Apple

Just a few months after trolling Apple for no longer including a charger with the iPhone, two competitors are now doing the exact same thing. Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun confirmed the Mi 11 will come without a charger and Samsung deleted a Facebook post over the weekend that mocked Apple’s move, which may be hinting … Read more