EV-powered gig sees ‘Oasis’ return to Knebworth

Gridserve has celebrated the opening of its latest Electric Forecourt with an Oasis tribute gig powered entirely by electric cars.

The famous Knebworth Estate, where the real Oasis last played nearly 30 years ago, once again rang out to tunes such as She’s Electric as tribute act Supernova helped mark the opening of the Gridserve Stevenage facility.

The gig was powered using the vehicle-to-load capabilities of a Kia EV6 and Genesis GV60, which allows mains appliances to be run from the cars’ drive batteries.

As well as hearing some of the band’s biggest hits live, gig attendees were given a tour of the new Electric Forecourt which is located within the Knebworth Estate, and has over 30 electric charging bays, including 24 high power bays with up to 360kW of power.

The new site, at junction 7 of the A1, also offers a Little Fresh ‘Good To Go’ convenience store powered by Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology on-site and a Costa Coffee, as well as an EV Experience Zone and free WiFi.

Rebecca Trebble, chief customer experience officer at Gridserve, said: “We’re delighted to open this new location on the famed Knebworth Estate which has hosted some of the biggest names in music throughout history. It’s great to see that this event has brought Oasis fans together once again where they had their notable concert nearly three decades ago.

“Gridserve’s Stevenage Electric Forecourt is designed to optimise the charging experience for our customers and offers some of the fastest chargers publicly available as well as shop at the new Little Fresh store powered by Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology for a seamless retail experience.

Oasis tribute band Supernova, said: “We’re honoured to have been invited to perform at this legendary venue where Oasis had their biggest-ever concert. It’s a rewarding feeling to be able to recreate the experience for the fans who missed out on tickets at this very special opening.”