ZipCharge have won the CogX 2022 Decarbonising Cities Award, an award backed by Shell. The award for best Decarbonising Cities StartUp was given in recognition of the ZipCharge portable EV power bank through which the company aims to democratise access to energy to provide clean, low-cost energy wherever people need it – to charge an EV, power the home or access energy on the go.

ZipCharge has released a teaser image of its next product which will reshape public EV charging for every community while providing local energy democracy and grid resiliency.

ZipCharge, a pioneer in portable everyday EV charging, released a teaser image of its next transformative product which will reshape public EV charging for every community while providing local energy democracy and grid resiliency.

ZipCharge, a pioneer in portable everyday electric vehicle (EV) charging, announces winning a prestigious British Engineering Excellence Award. The award for the R&D Project of the Year was given in recognition of ZipCharge’s exacting R&D programme and putting the game-changing portable EV charger through meticulous automotive industry car development processes and standard trials to ensure it is ready for market in early 2023.

One of the biggest areas of concern around electric vehicles (EVs) is the achievable range between charges. Although each journey is short, not being able to charge on longer journeys or in more remote areas is seen as hampering EV adoption. Some start-up companies are tackling this with portable power business models, writes Caroline Hayes.