We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your business with us in 2017 and wish you a very prosperous New Year.
During the festive period our dedicated staff will be operating all services as usual, but our offices will be closed from 5pm on 22nd December until 9am on Tuesday 27th December.
Electric Nation project participants will be able to contact the 24-hour helpline on 0330 390 0455 throughout the Christmas period in the unlikely event that a problem should occur with their smart-charger.
Merry Christmas!
– The DriveElectric team
30 Nov 2017
DriveElectric are winners of the Best Green Leasing Broker of the Year as the Leasing Broker Federation has once again saluted some of the UK’s best brokers at the annual awards ceremony.
This sees a record 5th consecutive win for DriveElectric (the new name for Fleetdrive) of the Best Green Leasing Broker Award as they continue to stand out at the forefront of the delivery of plugged-in vehicles and expertise. Read more>
23rd October 2017
The £10 ‘Toxicity Charge’ for London’s most polluting cars comes into effect on 23rd October
Considered to be the toughest emission standard of any world city, the T-Charge will apply to pre-Euro 4 vehicles – typically those diesel and petrol vehicles registered before 2006 – with up to 10,000 vehicles expected to be potentially liable for the new emissions levy every weekday. Read more>
7th July 2017
The last week has seen an explosion of news items about increasing numbers of electric vehicles (EVs), including France banning petrol and diesel cars by 2040, Volvo planning to sell only electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles by 2019, and Tesla announcing that its Model 3 mass-market electric car has started rolling off production lines.
There have been many subsequent articles in the media about whether the UK’s electricity grid can cope with increasing numbers of EVs. The Electric Nation smart charging trial aims to explore this question… read more>
22nd June 2017
EV Charge points will be required by law at motorway service areas and large fuel retailers under new legislation in the Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill.
The Queen’s speech revealed that the installation of public charge points for electric vehicles, as well as a set of common technical and operational standards, are required to ensure that EV public charging is convenient to access and works seamlessly right across the UK. Read more>
1st March 2017
The team at DriveElectric took a test drive in the Tesla Model X, Elon Musk’s 100% electric sports utility vehicle, to see what makes it a hot contender for the most desirable electric car on the market. Watch the video>
