Gridserve goes global with expansion plan
UK charging provider Gridserve has announced plans to expand across the globe.
The firm behind the country’s first EV-specific forecourts aims to establish itself as a worldwide ‘technology powerhouse’ with the creation of Gridserve Global.
The new arm of the business will export its charging technology and knowledge to other countries around the globe, working with partner networks to help scale up infrastructure in growing markets.
Gridserve says that its UK operation will “continue to focus on expanding the Gridserve Electric Highway, including developing, delivering, and operating new Electric Super Hubs, Electric Forecourts, and electric heavy goods vehicle charging facilities”.
The company recently announced the opening of an EV charging research facility where it is using everything from prototype cars to HGVs to test and improve charger reliability.
Gridserve founder & CEO Toddington Harper and his brother, co-founder and CEO APAC Heston Harper, will now focus on building Gridserve Global, and Gridserve’s executive chairman, Roy Williamson, will take interim leadership of Gridserve in the UK.
Toddington Harper said: “The addition of Gridserve Global to support Gridserve in the UK will deliver unrivalled focus and technology leadership, which is critical for supporting partners globally with world-leading technology, building on all our successes to-date, and supporting our mission to move the needle on climate change.
“I am so proud of what Gridserve has achieved so far and I’m excited about what we can now achieve internationally through building on our technology leadership position into 2025 and beyond.”
Roy Williamson added: “Gridserve’s business remains 100% focussed on developing, delivering and operating an EV network that gives UK drivers the confidence to go electric with a great customer experience. Under Toddington’s vision and leadership, the team has installed almost 1,500 charging bays at over 190 locations, and Gridserve has become a market leading charge point operator.
“We’re continuing to build on that success for 2024 and beyond and will remain focused on our mission to deliver sustainable energy at the speed and scale needed to move the needle on climate change.”
