Tag: Zap-Map
High-speed charger rollout gathers pace, claims Zap-Map
Electric vehicle charging station. Zap-Map, the UK’s leading EV charging app, has published new mid-year figures for charge point installations in 2022. Although significant growth in the number of ultra-rapid chargers has stolen the show, there are other pull-out figures – from the accelerating provision of on-street chargers to growth in…
Allstar partners with Zap Map for EV charging
EV charging company Allstar Business Solutions has announced it is enabling customers to search, plan and pay for charging on the road through a partnership with Zap-Map. Drivers can now download the Zap-Map app and add their Allstar Electric card to activate Allstar features, enabling them to pay for EV charging at participating sites on…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Sony gears up for EV launch
Sony unveiled the Vision-S 02 concept EV at CES 2022 (Image credit: Sony) Sony, an iconic electronics company known for making video game consoles and televisions, is gearing up for a push into electric vehicles. Its EV program began two years ago, but the company is now attracting partners that can help…
InstaVolt tops Zap-Map’s EV charging league table
A new survey by EV mapping service Zap-Map has identified the most and least popular electric vehicle charging networks as rated by EV drivers. Now in its fourth year, the league table comes from Zap-Map’s annual EV charging survey, which had over 3,000 respondents. This year Zap-Map is awarding a new ‘Best EV Charging Network’…
Connected Kerb joins Zap-Map’s payment system
EV mapping service Zap-Map has announced that Connected Kerb is the latest charge point operator to join Zap-Pay - a system for EV charging across different networks from within the Zap-Map app. The two companies, having recently signed the Zap-Pay agreement, have already begun work on the technical integration required to set up Connected Kerb…
1,000 EV chargers added at supermarkets in 21 months
Nearly 1,000 new electric vehicle (EV) charge points have been installed at supermarkets in the last 21 months, according to data analysed by Zap-Map and the RAC. This takes the total number of EV charger units on their sites to 2,059, up 85% from 1,112 in January 2020. This means nearly 8% of all the UK’s 26,000 publicly…
char.gy become Zap-Pay partner for EV charging
EV mapping service Zap-Map has announced that char.gy is the latest charge point operator to join Zap-Pay, its payment scheme for EV charging across networks. The two companies, having recently signed the agreement, are beginning work on the technical integration to set up char.gy as a fully-fledged Zap-Pay partner. char.gy will become the third charge…
Tech Digest daily round up: Lifting of US ban on TikTok ‘positive step’, claims China
China’s Ministry of Commerce said Thursday that a U.S. move to revoke the Trump administration’s executive orders intended to ban apps like TikTok and WeChat was a “positive step,” amid strained relations between the two countries. “We hope that the US will treat Chinese companies fairly and avoid politicizing economic and trade issues,” ministry spokesperson…
Good Energy and Zap-Map offer free charging tariff
Clean power company Good Energy, in partnership with Zap-Map, is launching a new tariff this week which offers electric vehicle drivers the opportunity to power their home, or charge their car, for free. The tariff will include ‘flash’ windows based on periods when Britain is generating an abundance of solar and wind power. When this…
Zap-Map announces voice features for EV charging
Zap-Map, which helps EV drivers find their nearest charging points, has announced a free voice-activated function on Google Assistant. Available on Android and iOS mobile devices, Google Home and in-car using the latest version of Android Auto, Zap-Map uses natural language processing to provide voice responses to customers’ commands such as ‘find a charger nearby’ …
