TECHNOLOGY
But the more important bit is actually home charging. Around 70 % of charging is at home, or if you are a business, it is at a depot, and it tends to be low‐cost charging which is great because it is cheaper and easier.
So for us it is building the chargers, but more importantly the connections and everything on the grid side – data centres electrifying, or increasing our demand from electrification – which I think is exciting because it is about building a new, connected system.
Q. IS THE LIFESTYLE ELEMENT OF CHARGING – HOW WE FIT CHARGING POINTS INTO RETAIL PARKS, FOR EXAMPLE, OR OUTSIDE GYMS – A BIG FOCUS?
» Absolutely – and not just for us specifically, but as part of the bigger question. We are past the early adopters – the next phase of mass adoption is all about getting from A to B reliably and comfortably.
Sam Clarke, GRIDSERVE’ s Head of eHGV, says:“ I do not stop to charge, I charge when I stop.” So we are trying to catch people where they would have stopped anyway. If you are taking a long journey, you stop for a snack and a bathroom break, plug in, walk away, come back and you are done. That is the way we think about it now – it is much more about convenience and the experience.
124 April 2026