Osprey Charging EV Hub
Osprey Charging is installing 150 rapid charge hubs for electric cars by 2025, with 1,500 points delivering 150-175kW charging.
But we also need the electric version of the petrol station for when drivers are travelling further than their range will allow, and that’s already happening with Tesla’s Supercharger network expected to soon open to non-Tesla drivers, Ionity’s network of chargers growing and Gridserve’s too, all offering rapid charging of up to 350kW.
Now it’s the turn of Osprey Charging to deliver ambitious plans to roll out rapid charging hubs – although at 150-175kW they’re not as fast as Tesla’s, Inonity’s or Griderve’s – with plans to deliver 150 new hubs, and 1,500 actual charging points, by 2025.
The new sites will be adjacent to commercials attractions – like shops and cafes – to keep drivers busy whilst their EV charges, with four already under construction and the first, in Wolverhampton, opening next month and a total of 10 opening before the end of the year. They are:
- Banbury, M40
- Suffolk, A14.
- Essex, A127.
- Glasgow, M8.
- East Lothian, A1.
- Wolverhampton, A4123.
- Birmingham, M6.
- Croydon, London, A23.
- Crewe, A534
- Brackley, A43.
All 150 will be built and open by 2025, and all will benefit from Kempower Charging Tech which allows more EVs to connect on a single site without compromising charging speed, so all cars plugged in can get the maximum charge their cars are capable of.
We have no idea what price Osprey is going to charge – although it will be a simple plug-in and pay with no daft ‘membership’ requirements – but their current 50kW chargers cost 40p kWh, compared to Gridserve’s 26-30p and Ionity’s ridiculous 69p.
Peter Szczesiak says
Its another step forward for BEVs, we have a an I3 Rex which has about a 140 ish miles range before the Rex kicks in, our preference is to charge rather than use petrol but charging is sadly lacking in lots of areas
Martin Winlow says
Well, that’s nice but realistically, nothing less than a row of at a dozen 50kW+ DC chargers in every sizeable supermarket, DIY shed, leisure complex (or anywhere else that lots of people spend up to an hour once a week) will do for a time when even a quarter of the vehicles on our roads are EVs. Until then you will either have to own a Tesla (until they open their chargers up to all and sundry – as a Tesla own of 5 years – not something *I* am looking forward to) or keep your EV for use only as a ‘second car’ (unless you are the adventurous type!).
It isn’t just long distance driving that needs to be catered for; it is all those households who can’t charge either at home (due to parking issues) or at work who will have to have somewhere convenient and affordable to charge whilst they are do other things. Otherwise the EV revolution will simply stall.