Last year, Tesla cleared house, firing its entire charging team, but those people haven’t left the industry. Some of the automaker’s former Supercharger team have started a new charging company called Hubber, which will focus on urban charging and services for electric commercial vehicles.
Three former Tesla employees, Harry Fox, Connor Selwood, and Hugh Leckie, oversaw 100 Supercharger sites and 1,200 plugs in the UK and Ireland. They started Hubber to fill the “urban charging gap.” The company calls itself “the UK’s leading specialist in urban high-powered EV charging, addressing one of the most urgent constraints in the energy transition: the shortage of fast, reliable charging in major cities.” It plans to acquire prime urban locations into large-scale charging hubs.
Electric delivery vehicles and other commercial models are a big thing in the UK, making charging a challenge in many places. Hubber noted that electric taxis charge five times as much as regular commuter EVs and noted the challenges associated with urban charging in London and other areas.
Commercial EV drivers don’t care as much about amenities like food and entertainment, placing a higher priority on speed and affordability. Hubber’s stations will focus on those aspects of the charging process, and the company’s founders say they would pursue the dream sites they were unable to obtain while working at Tesla.
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