Raw Charging have announced four delivery partnerships as it sets a target of 10,000 EV charger installations over the next three years.
The partners, TSG UK, ISG, Bethell Group and eSmart Networks, will install 1,000 RAW charging sites in the next 12 to 18 months, with plans to rollout 2,400 sites with over 10,000 individual AC and DC chargers by the end of the three year agreement.
The rollout will consist of 80 new sites per month from next January. The partner companies will undertake the principal contracting and designing of the sites, as well as installation, distribution network operator (DNO) connection, testing and commissioning.
“We are extremely pleased to be working with our four key delivery partners to install over 2,400 destination chargers across the UK in 2023, and 10,000 over the next three years” Bruce Galliford, CEO of RAW said.
“Our partnerships with the UK’s leading installation organisations will give our clients confidence in the knowledge that we have strong relationships with the best of breed supply chain for many years to come.”
The proposal is a part of the continued expansion of RAW’s charger network, following the £250 million growth capital fundraise it announced in July and the appointment of Nick de Mestre, formerly of Landsec, as CFO in September.
RAW has an established focus on destination charging – the delivery of the scheme will see them become one of the largest destination charge point operators in the UK, building on deals with Greene King and Oxford City Football Club to install charge points at their locations.
The announcement comes just 2 weeks after the Climate Change Committee said that the deployment of EV charging infrastructure was ‘falling behind’ sales of EV. This is of particular concern given the need to ensure those without access to home chargers are not left behind within the EV transition. On-street charging has been highlighted as a potential solution to this disparity.
The delivery of these new sites would go some way to speeding up the establishment of EV charging infrastructure in the UK.