Ubitricity, which works with local councils to install roadside EV chargepoints, typically by adding them to existing lamp posts, has announced it has completed its 10,000th socket.
The firm, which was bought by Shell in 2021, boasts that it now operates 12% of all public chargepoints in the UK – though lamp-post chargers are typically capped at speeds of 7kW, making them both cheaper to install than ultra-rapid 150kW+ devices, and suited to overnight rather than en-route charging.
Projects completed by the company include rolling out 2,000 chargepoints in London’s Tower Hamlets, with a further 500 put in place in Waltham Forest, and 560 more in Birmingham. The company’s aim is to deliver “convenient on-street residential charging to the 8.8 million homes in the UK unable to charge their car at home”.
Despite this milestone having been reached, Ubitricity says it intends further expansion, and is “looking forward to rolling out even more charging infrastructure under the Government’s £381m Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Fund”.
The company’s chief executive, Alexander Reinhardt, commens: “Providing convenient and accessible public charging is essential in encouraging even more drivers to make the shift to EV”.
