Octopus Energy is turning up the heat on Germany’s automotive industry by launching its successful EV business, Octopus Electric Vehicles (‘Octopus EV’), bringing the UK’s leading all-in-one EV package to German soil.
Blink Charging, a leading global owner, operator, provider and manufacturer of EV charging equipment and services, has officially joined the Paua platform, the UK’s leading aggregator of EV charging for fleets and businesses.
Volkswagen Group subsidiary Elli presented a pilot project for bidirectional (“Bidi”) charging in private households for the first time. In the future, homes can be powered by EV batteries and the home’s solar power system.
The entire charging system, with 28 charging points and a charging capacity of up to 180 kW, was installed by Daimler Buses as general contractor.
Pilot Company, General Motors and EVgo announced their collaborative network now reaches more than 200 locations across nearly 40 states. In just over two years, the companies have worked together to bridge charging gaps by deploying nearly 850 new electric vehicle fast charging stalls across America.
Mercedes-Benz is expanding its own fast-charging network with a new generation HYC1000 charging system from Alpitronic.
As part of their long-standing strategic partnership, BMW Group and E.ON are launching Germany’s first commercial Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) solution for private customers.
The CONCEPT AMG GT XX is now demonstrating its exceptional performance once again – this time at the charging station. At a prototype charging station, the concept vehicle broke through the boundary of 1,000 kW – i.e. one megawatt – of charging power.
Porsche owners will have access to 23,500 Tesla Superchargers in North America – helping them find even more convenient places to charge.
Audi of America announced today that select Audi e-tron model owners will be able to access more than 23,500 NACS Partner Tesla Supercharger stations in North America using a manufacturer-approved NACS to CCS charging adapter.

