Articles tagged with: rapid charging

Alongside the upgrades, GRIDSERVE has also opened three new Electric Hubs. Image: GRIDSERVE

GRIDSERVE completes motorway EV charging upgrade works

8 Apr 2022, 12:05

GRIDSERVE has now upgraded all legacy motorway electric vehicle (EV) chargers, with the company also progressing with its Electric Hub rollout.

The site in Banbury now has 16 EV chargers. Image: InstaVolt.

InstaVolt launches 'one of the UK’s largest' EV charging hubs with Banbury expansion

5 Apr 2022, 10:51

InstaVolt has said its electric vehicle (EV) charging hub in Banbury, Oxfordshire is now one of the UK’s largest following the installation of eight new 150kW chargers.

The new investment will help bp pulse accelerate the rollout of rapid and ultra-fast EV chargers. Image: bp pulse

£1bn investment to see bp pulse triple its UK public chargepoints over the next decade

25 Mar 2022, 13:44

New plans to invest £1 billion in electric vehicle (EV) charging in the UK over the next ten years have been announced by bp.

InstaVolt has a network of around 700 electric vehicle chargepoints. Image: InstaVolt

InstaVolt to be acquired by EQT Infrastructure as ‘significant’ investment promised

22 Feb 2022, 12:33

The EQT Infrastructure V fund is to acquire rapid electric vehicle (EV) charging firm InstaVolt from Zouk Capital, marking the latest EV charging network to change hands.

An initial ten sites will receive EV charging. Image: Osprey.

Osprey enters into ‘major’ retail partnership to deploy rapid destination EV charging

3 Feb 2022, 16:41

Osprey Charging is to install rapid electric vehicle (EV) charging across UK retail warehouse sites in a new partnership with Ediston.

InstaVolt has been ranked the most popular public EV charging network, with MFG EV Power and Osprey following close behind. Image: InstaVolt

InstaVolt named UK's most popular EV charging network

13 Dec 2021, 12:26

InstaVolt has been ranked as the most popular public electric vehicle (EV) charging network, while legacy Electric Highway chargers have once again come in last place.

A GRIDSERVE rapid charger, with the GRIDSERVE Electric Highway including a number of motorway sites. Image: GRIDSERVE

National Highways to invest £11m in energy storage for rapid motorway EV charging

24 Nov 2021, 10:50

Around 20 energy storage systems (ESSs) are to be deployed at service stations where the grid supply isn’t enough for rapid charging infrastructure, the government has said.

InstaVolt opened a rapid charger motorway hub at Welcome Break’s service area on the northbound carriageway of the M6 earlier this year. Image: InstaVolt.

InstaVolt to rollout rapid EV charging on low-grade agricultural land in NFU deal

23 Nov 2021, 10:06

InstaVolt is to rollout rapid electric vehicle (EV) charging for landowners and members of the farming community, having been selected as NFU Energy’s new rapid charging provider.

There are now 27,393 EV chargers in the UK. Image: Zap-Map

UK passes 5,000 rapid EV charger milestone

19 Nov 2021, 13:33

New data from Zap-Map has revealed that there are now 5,004 rapid electric vehicle (EV) chargers, with 180 of these installed in the last 30 days.