How GRIDSERVE is transforming motorway charging in 2023 with hundreds of new High Power chargers

GRIDSERVE is leading a major transformation of the UK’s electric charging infrastructure in 2023 to give EV drivers complete range and charging confidence and help accelerate the transition to net zero transport.

Already millions of charging sessions take place across the GRIDSERVE Electric Highway every month, and it’s increasing all the time as electric vehicle uptakes soars across the UK (a new EV is now registered every 60 seconds).

From new Electric Super Hubs on the M4, M23, A1(M) to our first Electric Retail Hub at Dobbies Garden Centres, this year has already seen 100 High Power chargepoints opened – reaching the total we achieved in 2022 in just seven months in 2023.

In total, 50 new Electric Super Hubs locations are either already open, awaiting energisation, or in construction as part of phase one 2023 delivery plans. The unprecedented speed and scale of this first phase rollout will add over 400 of the world’s fastest chargepoints to the GRIDSERVE Electric Highway, more than doubling the number of these type of chargepoints currently available.

These High Power chargepoints are capable of delivering 100 miles of range only five minutes, although the fastest charging cars currently available take about 10 minutes. The chargepoints are powered by 100% net zero carbon energy from the company’s pioneering hybrid solar + battery farms.

To make it as easy as possible for customers to charge their electric vehicles, all GRIDSERVE locations feature CCS, CHAdeMO, and AC connectors, accept contactless payment and provide real-time status updates to a myriad of popular EV charging maps.

Accelerating with innovation

To achieve such a radical and fast-paced transformation, GRIDSERVE is using innovative technology to minimise issues caused by grid connection lead times.

At both Moto Exeter and Moto Ferrybridge, a temporary microgrid has been deployed to give drivers access ahead of full energisation.  

The microgrid features a battery pack that controls the supply of power to the EV chargers and is supplied by vegetable oil generators. These generators produce 90% less carbon emissions than traditional units, so in order to stay net zero, GRIDSERVE is planting trees to offset the remaining 10% carbon emissions this process is unable to remove.

While Cornwall Services uses a combination of a 100kW grid connection, lithium-ion batteries, solar energy and the latest software developed by GRIDSERVE Technologies to provide High Power Charging in a remote location.

Toddington Harper, CEO of GRIDSERVE, said: “By announcing GRIDSERVE reaching the milestone of our phase one 2023 rollout, we are able to deliver EV drivers further confidence to make the switch knowing they can travel with ease, and net zero carbon emissions, across the length and breadth of the country. It’s clear that the climate crisis is upon us, and it’s critical we continue to increase our pace – we are now also immediately commencing our phase 2-rollout, with the target to also deliver hundreds more High Power chargepoints this year.”