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Swansea Moto gets Wales’s first fast-charging EV hub

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Service station operator Moto said it was accelerating plans to open fast charging points at its sites this year, as it opened a Gridserve Electric Hub – Wales’ first high-powered electric vehicle (EV) charging hub – at Moto Swansea.

The site, Part of Gridserve’s Electric Highway, has six 350kW EV charge points and can quickly add a six more as soon as they are required.
Grideserve said it is actively looking at further sites in Wales for the development of future Electric Hubs and award-winning Electric Forecourts.

Toddington Harper, chief executive of Gridserve, said: “This is a landmark project for Gridserve and Moto and the first high-power charging facility of its kind for Wales. We’re really excited to be demonstrating that all parts of the UK should be able to embrace the EV revolution.”
He added, “The Electric Hub at Moto Swansea is the first of many projects that we are aiming to deliver across Wales.”

Ken McMeikan, chief executive of Moto, added: “We are accelerating our ambition to open Ultra Rapid Charging Hubs at all of our motorway service areas over the coming 12 months and are delighted with the progress that our partnership with Gridserve is making. We launched our first EV Hub with 24 Ultra Rapid chargers at Moto Rugby last year and EV drivers have loved it, we are super confident we’ll see the same level of success here at Moto Swansea.”

Mike Hedges, MS for Swansea East said: “By 2025, Swansea is predicted to have one of the highest demands for EV charging in Wales as the uptake of electric vehicles continues to accelerate. Ensuring that we have the infrastructure in place now is fundamental to enabling more drivers to make this transition sooner.”

Gridserve is due to open more than 20 Electric Hubs – each with up to a dozen 350kW chargers –at motorway services across the UK by the end of Q2 2022. Since acquiring Ecotricity’s Electric Highway in June 2021 the company has replaced more than 300 historical Ecotricity DC rapid chargers and has installed 130 additional AC chargers.

It is also progressing plans to deliver more than 100 Electric Forecourts® across the UK, with sites at Gatwick Airport and Norwich already in construction.