Tag: Zap-Map
EV etiquette – why you should charge to 80% on public chargers
Some electric vehicle (EV) motorists treat public charging stations like a free long-stay car park, but drivers risk being issued “idle fees” for overstaying. These fines typically amount to between 50p to £1 for every minute that a fully charged EV is parked at the station. Overstaying doesn’t only hurt your wallet, it can also…
UK could introduce driverless cars in 2026, record number of EV chargers installed in 2023
Driverless cars could be on some UK roads by the end of 2026, the transport secretary has told the BBC. Mark Harper also said he expected to see the owners of those vehicles being able to travel without having to watch where they're going by the end of that year. Last month the government announced…
Fastned comes out top in Zapmap’s EV charging network survey
Charge point mapping service Zapmap has released its annual satisfaction rankings for high-powered, ‘en-route’ public charging networks in the UK with Fastned coming in first place. Now in its sixth year, the league table derives from Zapmap’s annual EV charging survey, conducted during October 2023. The survey saw responses from more than 4,000 electric car…
Electric preferred to petrol cars, among ‘duel fuel’ households
A survey from Zap-Map shows that electric cars are favoured for all kinds of journeys, among EV owners who also own a petrol or diesel car. Research from electric vehicle (EV) charge point mapping service Zap-Map has shown that around a third of EV owners own a petrol or diesel vehicle too. But its survey…
Fastned latest EV charging network to join Zap-Pay
Growing electric vehicle (EV) charging network Fastned is the latest to go live on Zap-Pay, the EV charging payment system within mapping service Zap-Map. Fastned – which has rapid and ultra-rapid charging devices at a growing number of locations in England and Scotland – is now fully up and running as part of the Zap-Pay…
Select Car Leasing joins forces with EV charge point mapping service, Zap-Map
Select Car Leasing has joined forces with Zap-Map, the UK’s leading charge point mapping service, to help reduce range anxiety when driving an electric vehicle (EV). The popular Zap-Map app lets users search for available EV charge points while viewing live availability information. It also helps to plan journeys, pay for charging, and share updates…
Top tips for reducing EV charging bills
Tusker, a leading provider of salary sacrifice car benefits schemes, with more than 20,000 green vehicles in its fleet, has produced some top tips to help EV drivers keep their monthly charging costs down... Tusker has included advice on how to access free and reduced charging prices against a background of rising energy costs for…
MFG EV Power goes live on Zap-Pay
MFG EV Power, the ultra-rapid charging network from Motor Fuel Group (MFG), is the latest to go live on Zap-Pay, the payment system from within Zap-Map. Zap-Map and MFG, the company that owns and runs the MFG EV Power network, signed an agreement to include the ultra-rapid charging network as a Zap-Pay partner. The MFG…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Apple staff ‘must be in office 3 days a week’
Apple has told employees that they must get back in the office for at least three days every week. Like many companies, it is attempting to figure out what role its offices have after remote working prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Apple previously attempted to get staff back in the office in June 2021, only to…
Less than 1 in 5 homes live within 5 mins walk of EV charger
New research from Field Dynamics, in partnership with EV charging app Zap-Map, shows that the percentage of households without a space to charge at their own property, but who live within five minutes’ walk of a public EV charger, has risen from 12% to 17% since 2020. This is a significant overall increase, of more…
