New smart EV charger and app from Yorkshire firm aim to improve EV charging capabilities
The ivie EV charger and the ivie charge app include smart home charging features, such as the opportunity to set your own charging schedule, with the soon-to-launch addition of public charging functionality at over 9,000 public charge points nationally.
The ivie products, which are part of smart energy technology leaders Chameleon Technology’s family of brands, form part of its ongoing commitment to reducing the environmental impacts from inefficient and wasteful energy use.
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Hide AdChameleon Technology is working closely with the UK Government to help improve accessibility to EVs through funding grants and other initiatives.
Based in Harrogate, Chameleon Technology is taking part in the Fully Charged LIVE! trade show for electric vehicles this weekend, which will showcase the importance of accessible EV technology and charging capabilities outside of large cities.
In a bid to tackle rural charging limitations across North Yorkshire, North Yorkshire Council is exploring a new EV strategy which could see the installation of 70 new charge points across the county.
Funding worth £2.2m has already been secured for the initiative, but the council is predicting 724 chargers are required by 2025, and 3,161 by 2030.
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Hide AdMike Woodhall, chief executive of Chameleon Technology, said: “Ongoing frustrations around infrastructure and reliability remain and we are aiming to address these with a ‘truly smart’ app alongside our EV charger to encourage faster adoption amongst motorists.”