Hubber has partnered with Uber to unlock critical high-powered charging capacity in London – with the mobility-as-a-service provider announcing plans to invest more than $100 million to develop autonomous vehicle charging hubs.
According to Reuters, Uber will build DC fast charging stations at its autonomous depots where Uber runs day-to-day fleet operations, and at other stops throughout priority cities.
The rollout of charging will start in the US in the Bay Area, Los Angeles and Dallas before moving to more cities over time.
The company is also partnering with charge point operators in global markets to set up “utilisation guarantee agreements”, including with EVgo in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Boston, Electra in Paris and Madrid, and Hubber and Ionity in London.
These agreements are expected to support the rollout of hundreds of new chargers across these cities, and in places where charging is needed the most.
Speaking on LinkedIn, Hugh Leckie, Co-Founder at Hubber, said:
“As urban transport electrifies, and increasingly moves toward autonomy, fleets require dedicated, reliable infrastructure. That’s what we’re building at Hubber.”
The firm, called Hubber, has a leadership team consisting of Harry Fox, Connor Selwood and Hugh Leckie, who oversaw the delivery of more than 100 Tesla Supercharger sites and 1,200 ultra-rapid chargers nationwide.
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