Shell opens first hybrid truck station with truck wash
The Netherlands Shell has opened a truck charging station at Truckstop 8 in the Dutch city of Eindhoven. It’s the first Shell energy hub for trucks in the Netherlands. The heavy weights will find both traditional and...Read more
IMO partners with EV charging company
Great Britain IMO is partnering with charging network Be.EV. The first four IMO car washes to go live with chargers are situated in the United Kingdom. Read more
Shell opens huge fast-charging plaza
ChinaShell has opened a giant fast-charging plaza with 258 publicly accessible fast-charging points near Hong Kong. It lies about 2.5 kilometers from the Shenzhen airport. Not only is it Shell’s largest fast-charging plaza in the...Read more
Derby car wash gets an upgrade
UKThe car wash in the British town of Derby is being revamped. The city Council has recently approved renovation plans. The hand wash building at the busy Texaco petrol station will be demolished and replaced...Read more
Adriateh wins prestigious design award
Most of our readers know Adriateh as the manufacturer of very well designed car wash bays. But the Croatian company has just won a design award with another product: a street lighting pole. Not an...Read more
Uno-X opens new car washes in Norway
Scandinavian company Uno-X just opened a new charging station and eco-friendly rollover car wash near Haugesund, Norway. On its 300 kW chargers no less than 38 ultrafast EV charging sockets are waiting for electrical vehicles.Read more
Watch how a robot fills up your car
In the future, our cars will be fueled or charged by robots. That’s the firm belief of finish company Autofuel. Our colleagues of PetrolPlaza traveled to Helsinki to see what the future looks like.Read more
Small but superfast charging with ChargePost
It’s small but it’s superfast. Meet ChargePost, a compact, battery-based charging system enabling ultra-fast EV charging on existing power connections, without the need to extend existing grids. Perfect for small service stations and car washes.Read more
The end of car washing as we know it?
A new study has identified three possible realities that will shape the mobility of the future in 2030. If these actually come to pass, it would result in fundamental changes for the car wash industry....Read more
Chinese e-car company NIO expands in Europe
After their launch in Norway this spring, Chinese charging company NIO has expanded their footprint in the European market by also settling down in Germany, Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands.Read more
Gas Station & Car wash Trade Fair: ‘To charge or not to charge?’
Head to the Dutch town of Houten next month, for the Gas Station & Car Wash trade fair. On 4,000 square meters of exhibition floor, companies from the Dutch and Belgian fuel, energy, convenience and...Read more
Car wash companies present at Equip Auto, Paris
After a gap of three years, Paris will see another edition of Equip Auto this month. The automotive trade fair is also visited by quite a few car wash-suppliers and detailing companies; among them Adriateh,...Read more
EV-charging lands in Ghana and grows in India
Charging is the way forward, more and more fuel companies realize. Shell launched its first EV-charging station this week in India, with 10,000 more charging points on the way before 2030. Meanwhile, in Ghana the...Read more
ORLEN invests in charging and washing
The German branch of ORLEN is expanding its network of locations and is planning almost 900 new EV-charging points in the coming years. Car washing will also be a part of the service in the...Read more
Robots helping you charge your car? Ford is on the case
American car manufacturer Ford is developing a prototype robot charging station. The innovation will be especially helpful for disabled drivers with EV’s. They can simply stay in the car, while charging. Forecourt Trader reports about...Read more
‘Portable’ solar powered charging hub pops-up in the UK
Imagine a pop-up mini solar car recharging park, which can be set up and in operation in 24 hours, partly made from recycled shipping containers. Sounds good, doesn’t it? Head to the United Kingdom if...Read more
Changing instead of charging
Chinese company NIO hopes to revolutionize EV driving. Instead of charging empty batteries, they simply change them. In what looks like a state-of-the-art car wash. In Norway, NIO recently opened a swap station.Read more
UK government announces big investments in EV
Great Britain is going all in when it comes to electrical vehicles. Last week the British government announced a £1.6bn investment in a robust charging network, while BP plans to invest £1bn in EV in...Read more