Megawatt-scale eHGV charging hub opens

Megawatt-scale eHGV charging hub opens

Mark Moran

The first of 25 megawatt-scale electric heavy goods vehicle (eHGV) charging hubs planned under the eFREIGHT 2030 progranme has gone live. The eHGV charging site at East Midlands Gateway was created by global logistics company Kuehne+Nagel. It is the first MCS-ready (Megawatt Charging System)... continue

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Public lack confidence when buying used EVs

Public lack confidence when buying used EVs

Mark Moran

The next phase of the UK’s electric vehicle transition will be won, or lost, in the used market, not the new car showroom,... continue

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26 Jan 2026EVolution News
The ZEV Mandate delivers

The ZEV Mandate delivers

Tim Dexter

The UK’s zero-emission vehicle mandate is delivering in the real... continue

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26 Jan 2026EVolution Opinion
Decarbonising Transport Awards 2026 finalists announced

Decarbonising Transport Awards 2026 finalists announced

Mark Moran

Achieving net zero is the biggest challenge facing the... continue

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24 Jan 2026EVolution News
Strategy is a ‘building block’ but where’s the funding?

Strategy is a ‘building block’ but where’s the funding?

The publication of the Climate Adaptation Strategy for Transport marks a further building block in the UK’s move towards greater resilience. The science is clear and the compelling case to act is impossible to... continue

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23 Jan 2026Local Transport Today Comment
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Connected Kerb founder joins Paythru

Connected Kerb founder joins Paythru

Mark Moran

Electric vehicle charging payment specialist Paythru has appointed Paul Ayres as chief commercial... continue

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23 Jan 2026EVolution News
Tesla fined for failing to assist UK police over driving offences

Tesla fined for failing to assist UK police over driving offences

Mark Moran

Tesla has been convicted at least 18 times for failing to... continue

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23 Jan 2026EVolution News
Drivers urge government to act on ‘charging divide’

Drivers urge government to act on ‘charging divide’

Mark Moran

Drivers without driveways are being locked out of... continue

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23 Jan 2026EVolution News
Road Safety plan is ‘very weak and disappointing’

Road Safety plan is ‘very weak and disappointing’

The Government’s long-awaited Road Safety Strategy (RSS) is headlined by apparently ambitious targets. However, the measures due to be implemented are very limited and unlikely to achieve... continue

22 Jan 2026Local Transport Today Comment
Is Government passing the buck on a national problem?

Is Government passing the buck on a national problem?

Glenn Lyons

Five years after the consultation on Managing... continue

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22 Jan 2026Local Transport Today Comment
Are we set for a ‘postcode lottery’ of pavement parking standards?

Are we set for a ‘postcode lottery’ of pavement parking standards?

Surprisingly, the day after the publication of a Road Safety Strategy with no mention of pavement  parking, the Government finally announced its response to the pavement parking consultation, held some five years ago. While it is welcome to finally see some... continue

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22 Jan 2026Local Transport Today Comment

Haines returns to railway to head DfT Operator – as George to chair Network Rail

Rhodri Clar

Three months after retiring from Network Rail, Sir Andrew Haines is returning to the rail industry as Chair of Department for Transport Operator Limited (DFTO), the Government body which operates England’s re-nationalised former passenger rail franchises. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander... continue

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Transition period expected for GBR to implement new access framework

Rhodri Clark

The DfT appeared this week to row back from a comment by one of its most senior rail civil servants that the future railway Access and Use Policy (AUP) will still be undecided in two years’ time. It also said it expected GBR to continue with the existing access framework during a transition... continue

22 Jan 2026Local Transport Today News

DfT addresses claim of ‘vertical fragmentation’

The DfT has explained why funding for GBR passenger operations will not be determined through the Periodic Review process which will determine GBR’s infrastructure operations, maintenance and renewal activity for 2029-34. The North East Combined Authority’s written evidence to the... continue

22 Jan 2026Local Transport Today News
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Derby tramway plan put to East Midlands Mayor

A proposal for a tramway network in Derby made up of four lines has been submitted to the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) by the Light Rail Transit Association (LRTA). The full network would attract about 75,000 passenger trips per day, with the majority coming from former car... continue

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DfT issues City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements outcome evaluations

The Department for Transport has published a number of reports evaluating the early City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements (CRSTS) programme process in England begun in 2021, a set of case studies, and about the proposed process of evaluating outcomes, impacts and value for money through to... continue

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