Energy network of the year: best collaboration

Zest

Zest is one of the UK’s fastest growing electric vehicle (EV) charge point operators, specialising in the deployment and management of EV charging infrastructure. Our mission is to make the shift to EV a realistic option for all, by offering convenient, reliable and accessible charging solutions.

Backed by the government-sponsored £420m Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund, we invest in projects that anticipate future demand and guarantee long-term service with financial security.

We have a well-established reputation for managing large-scale projects in both the public and private sectors, including for Hackney Borough Council, Transport for London, Metrocentre and Merry Hill.

As a certified B Corporation, we adhere to rigorous social and environmental standards which demonstrate our commitment to goals outside of shareholder profit. We work alongside our partners to offer social value boosting opportunities within local communities and have become certified as a certified carbon-neutral business.

Lorna McAtear

FairCharge

FairCharge is the national campaign to advance the environmental, economic and social benefits EVs. Founded by transport campaigner, car journalist and long-term EV owner, Quentin Willson, FairCharge campaigns for cheaper charging, better infrastructure, improved urban air quality and lower costs for EV ownership.

BVRLA

The BVRLA represents over 1,000 companies engaged in vehicle rental, leasing and fleet management. Our membership is responsible for a combined fleet of nearly 4.1 million cars, vans and trucks – one-in-ten of all vehicles on UK roads.

BVRLA members represent the demand-side of the automotive industry, buying around 50% of new vehicles, including over 80% of those manufactured and sold in the UK. In doing so, they support almost 500,000 jobs, add £7.6bn in tax revenues and contribute £49bn to the UK economy each year.

Together with our members, the association works with policymakers, public sector agencies, regulators, and other key stakeholders to ensure that road transport delivers environmental, social and economic benefits to everyone. BVRLA members are leading the charge to decarbonise road transport.

BVRLA membership provides customers with the reassurance that the company they are dealing with adheres to the highest standards of professionalism and fairness.

Policy – Environment & Vehicles, Road Haulage Association (RHA)

Head of Group Property, SGN Retail Ltd

Head of Innovation, Motability Operations

Jon leads innovation at Motability Operations, supporting more than 760,000 disabled people who currently lease a vehicle through the Scheme make the switch to electric. Jon leads on developing new partnerships with providers of mobility solutions with a view to scaling products for the benefit of all Motability Scheme customers.

Motability Operations Ltd

Motability Operations delivers the Motability Scheme to over 760,000 disabled people across the UK. Through the Scheme disabled people can access independent mobility by leasing a car, Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle (WAV), powered wheelchair or scooter. Since we were founded over 45 years ago, we’ve provided five million vehicles to disabled people and their families. We exist to deliver smart, sustainable solutions that improve our customers’ mobility in a fast changing world.

We’re committed to supporting our customers through the transition to electric vehicles (EVs) and have already helped 50,000 of them make the switch. We’re working hard to find innovative solutions to the challenges our EV users face today to ensure that no one is left behind.

National Grid Electricity Distribution

National Grid Electricity Distribution brings energy to life for 25 million customers in the South West, Midlands and South Wales.

We deliver a safe and reliable electricity supply via a committed 6,500-strong workforce that provides an essential service across a region covering 55,000 sq kms.

We maintain and invest in a network of overhead lines, underground cables and substations which provide electricity for homes and businesses, as well as providing new connections for low-carbon technology, such as EV chargers and heat pumps.

Public Affairs Director JLR

Director of Group Property, Procurement & EV Ventures, Sainsbury’s

David Boyer

Environmental Policy Manager, Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT)

Martin Hale

For more than a century, the AA has been dedicated to serving fleets at every stage of their journey, providing breakdown cover, insurance, automotive guidance, and additional services to many millions of members, customers and drivers.

As the transition to alternative fuels continues, we remain devoted to being the leading provider of EV support services. We work closely in global partnership with industry organisations, vehicle manufacturers, and innovative infrastructure providers, to ensure we all achieve our net zero goals.

We’re firmly committed to supporting safer and more accessible ways of driving, helping fleets achieve this in the most efficient way possible, alongside our partners at Drivetech and Prestige Fleet Servicing.

Qwello

Qwello is a vertically integrated developer, manufacturer and operator of public charging infrastructure using a highly innovative, practical and driver friendly solution. Qwello are rolling out thousands of public AC charge points in Germany, Sweden, Spain, Poland, France and now in the UK in The City of London, Hounslow, Essex, Solihull, Cheshire East, East Lothian and Lincolnshire. We are focused on our market development offering local authorities and landlords a fully funded class leading end to end charging infrastructure. Features include:

•  Integrated 6m retractable cable for convenience, security and to minimise trip hazards which meets the new BSI PAS1899 accessibility standard
•  Built-in (not added later) contactless debit/credit cards, ApplePay, Google Play, RFID card, Smart Phone App etc. for quick access 
•  OZEV LEVI and ORCS approved
•  Integrated parking sensor detects nuisance parking
•  Reservation function, with parking sensor ensures success
•  Modular design optimises maintenance and gives us an operational uptime >99%
•  Unique power and time based tariff increases utilisation and reduces the price the driver pays
•  Features reduce traffic looking for charge points, hence pollution
•  Optional WiFi, 5G antenna or air quality sensor integration
•  Built in App navigation to charge point with live status
•  Location AI program for efficient placement and rollout planning
•  Installation and maintenance by local experienced certified contractors
•  Qwello is on several EVCI frameworks including CCS RM6213 and the Oxford City Council EV DPS
•  Second life EV batteries Grid reinforcement by sister company Forsa
•  Qwello is fully funded by environmentally focused Tiger Infrastructure

Check out our local authority-focused video here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kL-zUqtmXZxe0_lzVYelb5sMaHXWmVTe/view?usp=drive_link.

Teddy Kealey

ChargeUK

ChargeUK is the voice of the EV charging industry. Our 40 members are investing over £6 billion to 2030 to roll out EV infrastructure in all parts of the UK at an unprecedented rate, creating new and sustainable jobs, supporting the switch to EVs and reducing emissions. As a trade association representing the UK’s EV charging infrastructure, ChargeUK works collaboratively with government and other stakeholders to break down barriers and shape the policies and regulation needed to enable the transition to electric vehicles.

Claire Miller

Vicky Read

Juliet Flamank

Simon Cordery

Catherine Bowen

Emma Butcher

AFRY

AFRY Management Consulting works globally to address challenges and opportunities in the energy, bioindustry, infrastructure, industrial and future mobility sectors. We have 500 management consultants focusing on the energy transition. We work with energy utilities, charge point operators, e-mobility service providers, automotive companies, regulators, and investors on sustainable mobility strategies. We understand electric vehicles and their charging infrastructure – be it for passenger cars, trucks, or buses. We understand how to decarbonise fleets across road, aviation and maritime. Contact gill.nowell@afry.com to find out more.

Trojan Energy

Trojan Energy was formed in 2016 with one mission: to ensure everyone benefits from the energy transition.

Starting with enabling the switch to eMobility, we developed the Trojan Electric Vehicle Charging System. A system that finally offers an equal chance for EV drivers without a driveway to charge effectively at home, while preserving their streetscape.  A system that doesn’t require councils to zone off parking spaces and gives network operators the ability to manage power demand in real time. A system smart enough to offer a convenient way to charge that’s green, cheap, immediate – or a combination of all three – at up to 22kW. A system that delivers flat and flush chargepoints in hubs of up to fifteen, or single units powered by the home, to leave the streetscape uncluttered for everyone. We want to give drivers the confidence and convenience they want to go electric.

We’re doing our bit for the global effort to reduce carbon emissions and improve air quality by supporting electrification and the transition to renewable energy. We’re doing this by addressing the lack of EV charging infrastructure in your local neighbourhood.

We’re charging towards Net-Zero.

Fastned

Christopher Hammond

Ed Curwen

Felicity Kelly

Craig Hibbert

Marc Hogan

UK Power Networks

UK Power Networks own and maintain electricity cables and lines across London, the South East and East of England and make sure power flows reliably, safely, and securely.

Our priorities are to tackle the climate crisis by connecting renewable energy, electric car chargers and low carbon heating, meet our customers evolving needs by improving our services, support our customers in vulnerable circumstances and go above and beyond for the communities we serve.

Hannah Fairley

Gill Nowell

Gill has worked with the electric vehicle and energy industry, and EV driving community for over ten years. A co-founding Director of EVA England, she is now Principal consultant at global sustainable engineering company AFRY, helping accelerate the transition to e-mobility through, for example, new market entry, charging infrastructure growth, fleet decarbonisation and innovation.

Paul Lowbridge

Lizzie Culwick

Bharat Pathania

Bharat is heading the Technology, Digital and Energy programme at Midlands Connect (MC). MC is a Sub-National Transport Body based in England. MC is a partnership of 22 Local Authorities across East and West Midlands, Local Enterprise Partnerships, National Highways, Network Rail, HS2 and DfT.  MC researches, develops and progresses transport projects which will provide the biggest possible environmental, economic and social benefits for the Midlands and the rest of the United Kingdom.

Bharat’s role includes developing & delivering strategies/programme across a broad portfolio of transport technologies in Midlands. This includes but not limited to development of business cases and funding asks to DfT/HM Treasury, development of region wide multi-modal contactless ticketing technical solution, developing a regional and a national business case for contactless ticketing, Mobility as a Service, major road network technology, accelerating electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in Midlands, developing regional EV business case, delivery of Local EV Infrastructure Fund (LEVI) fund to deliver charge points across multiple local authorities, 5G revolution, alternative fuels, identifying technology gaps across the region and creating technology route maps/actions plans over the next 30 years.

Transport + Energy

Transport + Energy explores the transition of two sectors who need to collaborate for the first time to facilitate the decarbonisation of transport; bringing news, comment and features on key trends and developments. T+E organises an annual forum, with a particular focus for local authorities, who are able to benefit from fully funded delegate places.

Meel Group

Meel Group is a specialist group of mechanical and electrically biased companies made up of the following:

The Projects division has more than half a century of success in delivering projects safely and reliably. Our M&E Contractors are proud to be part of the NHS SBS Framework Agreement for Hard Facilities Management. We undertake projects across the Northwest region and further afield.

For over 55 years, our Building Services division has designed, installed and maintained Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing installations for residential, industrial, healthcare, education and commercial clients.

We have large dedicated teams for MEP, Planned and Reactive Maintenance, Smart Monitoring, Laboratory Design, High-Pressure Gas and Gas Detection.

Adopting renewable energy is vital in reaching the net-zero emissions target by 2050. Our Sustainability Solutions division provides efficient, renewable energy solutions for your commercial or public building, enabling it to move towards a sustainable future. Additionally, we have a team dedicated to the commercial installation of EV charging stations.

Mobius

Mobius Networks is the UKs leading Internet of Things (IoT) airtime provider in terms of Security, Availability and Customer Service. Our security is validated by Cyber Essentials, Cyber Essentials Plus and the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard which includes a pattern of penetration testing through the year and reflected in our Security Scorecard (securityscorecard.com/security-rating/mobiusnetworks.co.uk) of 98/100.

On availability Mobius invests heavily to ensure 99.999% core availability through two geographically separate locations with high availability pairs and an ‘open mouth’ structure to ensure rapid recovery from any interruption in service.

Our operations team are supported by our Portal – Bifrost but our main focus is a concierge service that delivers a ‘white glove’ level of customer service that has resulted in a Net Promoter Score of 9.8/10 over the last year, possibly the highest in the industry.

To find out more information on our  innovative commercial solutions and outstanding technical support please contact us on +44 1530 511 180 or enq@mobiusnetworks.co.uk.

Simon Stacey

Neil Madgwick

Stewart Reid

EDF Renewables

EDF Renewables UK and Ireland (www.edf-re.uk) is part of EDF Group, one of the world’s largest low carbon electricity companies, and our investment and innovation is reducing costs for consumers and bringing significant benefits for communities.

We played a major role in one of the UK’s most ambitious urban decarbonisation projects to date, Energy Superhub Oxford. Showcasing ground-breaking energy storage capabilities, cutting-edge electric vehicle charging, low carbon heating and smart energy management technologies, the project aims to save 10,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions per year, rising to 25,000 tonnes per year by 2032.

Cordi O’Hara

Stephen Trayner

Stephen Elderkin

REA

The Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (known as the REA) is the UK’s largest trade association for renewable energy and clean technologies with around 550 members operating across heat, transport, power, and the circular economy.

The REA is a not-for-profit organisation representing fourteen sectors, ranging from composting, biogas, and renewable fuels to solar and electric vehicle charging. Membership ranges from major multinationals to sole traders.

National Grid

• •  NG Ventures and NG Partners also enable innovations to help revolutionise and decarbonise the future of energy.
• •  NG Electricity Transmission owns and operate the high-voltage electricity transmission network in England and Wales
• •  NG Electricity Distribution owns and operate the electricity distribution networks for the Midlands, the South West and South Wales.

SWARCO Smart Charging

James Court

CEO, Electric Vehicle Association England

James is CEO of EVA England, before this he led the work of the Cabinet Office on the COP26 transport policy and helped build the Climate Group’s UK Electric Fleets Coalition (UKEFC), representing the UK’s biggest fleet owners. Before that he was Director of Policy and Communications at the renewables trade body the REA – the Renewable Energy Association.

Shamala Evans-Gadgil

Senior Programme/Project Manager

Shamala is a 3^rd year part time PGR within the Research Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility at Coventry University and is also an experienced Senior Civil Engineer and Programme/Project Manager, in the design and implementation of challenging, complex and wide-ranging infrastructure projects. Her experience includes (1) Innovation projects within the decarbonising transport platform, renewables, battery storage and management; (2) Local Transport Plans, including Network Efficiency projects and Waste Management projects; (3) Traffic Management, including traffic calming measures; (4) General roadworks, including road geometry; and (5) Regeneration, public realm and urban environment projects.

Jonathan Murray

Energy Networks Association

The Energy Networks Association represents the companies which operate the electricity wires, gas pipes and energy system in the UK and Ireland.

The ENA helps its members meet the challenge of delivering electricity and gas to communities across the UK and Ireland safely, sustainably and reliably.

Members include every major electricity and gas network operator in the UK and Ireland, independent operators, National Grid ESO which operates the electricity system in Great Britain and National Grid which operates the gas system in Great Britain. The organisation’s affiliate membership also includes companies with an interest in energy, including Heathrow Airport and Network Rail.

EVA England

Electric Vehicle Association (EVA) England is the voice of electric vehicle drivers. It strives to accelerate the mass adoption of electric cars through provision of accessible information to consumers, and strategic campaigning to UK Government on key policy matters.

EVA England is run for EV drivers, by EV drivers. The group promote the environmental and health benefits of electric vehicles to the public in England.

EVA England is a collective voice, working with all stakeholders to pro-actively identify and highlight the specific issues of ownership and driving of electric vehicles and associated infrastructure in England.

Black Country Transport

Black Country Transport (BCT) is a strategic transport partnership between Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton Councils.

BCT brings together officers from the four Black Country local authorities; with a team of central officers to provide project management of cross-boundary transport schemes. By working collaboratively, the group aims to assist the local authorities with developing projects that span more than one borough and encourage consistency of provision across the Black Country region.

Black Country Transport is innovative in its approach to roads by ensuring they cater for all by providing for walking, cycling, cars, lorries, and public transport. The projects developed also work with new technologies, such as optimised traffic signals that can support cycle and bus priority and alter their timings depending on traffic demand, and electric vehicle charge points.

Transport Technology Forum (TTF)

The Transport Technology Forum exists to give leadership, direction and support and to stimulate investment in innovation and technology solutions.

The Forum provides a dynamic space where road operators and their suppliers can exchange information and agree to work more collaboratively in order to achieve a more cohesive approach.

The Forum encourages the adoption of new ways of thinking and innovative technical solutions for the improvement of traffic flow through better network operation and management. This in turn will deliver significant economic, social and business benefit to the UK.

The Forum also aims to ensure that its stakeholders gain and maintain a fair share of voice with policy-makers.

The Forum’s remit includes, but is not limited to:

•  Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), including Connected ITS (C-ITS);
•  Automotive;
•  Smart Mobility and Mobility as a Service (MaaS);
•  Smart Cities and communities;
•  Logistics;
•  and ICT and related developments including Cloud computing and Big Data.

The Forum has no statutory remit and its impact and influence are entirely dependent on the momentum it generates, the soundness of its judgments and the quality of work it produces.

The Transport Technology Forum receives funding from the Department for Transport and Innovate UK to help achieve change and technological innovation with collaborating organisations.

National Highways

National Highways, formerly the Highways Agency and later Highways England, is a government-owned company charged with operating, maintaining and improving motorways and major A roads in England. It also sets highways standards used by all four UK administrations, through the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges. Within England, it operates information services through the provision of on-road signage and its Traffic England website, provides traffic officers to deal with incidents on its network, and manages the delivery of improvement schemes to the network.

The EV Network

The EV Network (EVN) is a leading independent EV charging infrastructure development company, delivering a range of EV charging infrastructure services across the UK, Europe, the US and worldwide. Our primary model is based on ‘infrastructure as a service’ – delivering a turn-key charging site delivery solution – and consolidating multiple interfaces on behalf of the client to decrease the cost. We use our assets to fully fund the entire capital costs of site development and maintenance, allowing CPOs, operators and landlords the ability to introduce charging infrastructure at their desired specification to consumers whilst managing their capital

EVN wants all regions of the UK to benefit from and be part of the EV transition. By working with local authorities, private organisations and commercial businesses, delivering high-value and high-quality EV charging solutions on critical sites, we can significantly increase the sustainability of local communities and drive investment into our towns and cities across the UK.

Green 2 Delivery 

Zemo Partnership

Zemo is an independent, non-profit partnership. We bring government, industry and experts together with one ultimate aim – to accelerate transport to zero emissions.

Cenex

Cenex lowers emission through innovation in transport & associated energy infrastructure and operates as an independent, not-for-profit research technology organisation (RTO) and consultancy. It specialises in project delivery, innovation support and market development.

Energy Saving Trust

Energy Saving Trust is an independent organisation dedicated to promoting energy efficiency, low carbon transport and sustainable energy use. We aim to address the climate emergency and deliver the wider benefits of clean energy as we transition to net zero.
We empower householders to make better choices, deliver transformative programmes for governments and support businesses with strategy, research and assurance – enabling everyone to play their part in building a sustainable future.

UK100

UK100 is a network of local leaders who have pledged to lead a rapid transition to Net Zero with Clean Air in their communities ahead of the government’s legal target.

UK100’s primary purpose is to support a local-led rapid transition to Net Zero and Clean Air. We do this through collaboration. To accelerate action, we believe in bringing together the most influential leaders across the country to learn together and agree on priorities for legislative and regulatory change while empowering them to engage with national decision-makers. We provide our network with the knowledge, tools and connections to make this happen.

Lucy Hayward-Speight

Dr Euan McTurk

Warren Philips

Dr Russell Fowler

Sara Sloman

Dr Anthony Velazquez

Ross Easton

Paul Kirby

Jeremy Yapp

Jacob Roberts

Philip New

Dr Benjamin Silverstone

Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah

Debbie King

Vicky Read

Edmund King OBE

Natalie Berry

We are EV Civils Solutions Ltd, a company that has dedicated itself to the install of EV charge points and its associated infrastructure. Working nationwide we assist our clients with their civils installation needs. Along side this we also operate EV civils consult. Offering clients bespoke consultation packages for their EV charger installs, predominantly affording clients the option of accessing a reduced carbon install via electric kit and lean management reports in the process. We now also manufacture our own reduced carbon concrete EZ Block, further reducing the carbon footprint of all of our installs.

Toddington Harper

Toddington is a second-generation solar energy and energy storage professional with a strong background in sustainable energy solutions. He has successfully led multiple sustainable energy and low carbon businesses as CEO for the past 20 years. Toddington’s previous experience includes co-founding and leading BELECTRIC UK, where he oversaw the development and construction of utility-scale solar farm and rooftop projects.

In his quest to combat climate change, Toddington founded GRIDSERVE Sustainable Energy Ltd. GRIDSERVE achieved early success by securing a prominent battery storage contract with National Grid. Since then, the company has become a leader in the UK solar energy and technology market. Despite challenging circumstances, such as Brexit and the global pandemic, GRIDSERVE opened the UK’s first Electric Forecourt® in Braintree in 2020.

In 2021, GRIDSERVE expanded its presence in the charging space by acquiring the UK’s largest existing charging network, the Electric Highway and investing heavily in upgrading it. GRIDSERVE introduced new charging technology, improved payment systems, and expanded the network to meet the growing demand for electric vehicles. In 2022, GRIDSERVE opened over 100 High Power chargers across new Super Hubs and an Electric Forecourt® in Norwich. GRIDSERVE continue to install 350kW-capable High Power chargers in various locations throughout the UK. The company plans to open more Super Hubs in 2023 and expand further in the coming years.

Ian Johnston

Ian has been the CEO of Osprey since 2018, leading the business’ growth to become one of the largest and most popular UK rapid charging networks. Prior to taking the helm, as COO of Temporis Wind he was responsible for developing and installing over 100 grid-connected renewable energy projects, including the UK’s largest portfolio of onshore FIT wind farms. His earlier career at Volkswagen Group UK included roles in Marketing, and Operations Management of 15 franchised retailers.

Matthew Ling

Matthew is Environment Strategy Manager at Suffolk County Council. He has worked in the public and private sector here and in New Zealand. He has managed large operational teams in delivering projects in climate change, travel planning, energy, development and public protection, co-establishing the Suffolk Climate Change Partnership in 2009. He leads on EV infrastructure strategy and implementation (including LEVI funded projects) and the Suffolk Fuel Poverty Energy Retrofit Team. Matthew has a BSc, PhD, and PgCE, and is a Chartered Environmentalist.

Jason Torrance

Jason Torrance is Interim Chief Executive at UK100 – the network for highly ambitious UK locally elected leaders committed to cleaner, more powerful communities. He has led work that delivered three International Clean Air Summit’s in 2018 and 2019, a Resilient Recovery Task Force in 2020 and an International Net Zero Local Leadership Summit in July 2021 that convened 32 Mayors and local leaders together with UK Government Ministers to agree ambitious action to deliver Net Zero climate emissions. He has previously held roles as Campaigns Director at the Campaign for Better Transport, Policy Director at Sustrans and Co-chair of Highways England’s stakeholder advisory group.

Chris Skidmore

The Rt Hon Chris Skidmore MP has been the MP for Kingswood since 2010. He has served in five government departments between 2015 and 2020 including as Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation twice between 2018 and 2020. In 2019, he was also appointed Minister of State for Energy and Clean Growth, attending Cabinet, during which time he signed the UK’s commitment to Net Zero by 2050 into law, and helped secure the UK Presidency of COP26. Most recently, he served as the Chair of the Government’s Independent Net Zero Review, and published the 340 page ‘Mission Zero’ report in January 2023. He is currently Chair of the All Party Group on the Environment and is also a Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

Ben Kilbey

Communications Strategist

Ben has been in the media and communications industry for over 20 years. His career spans travel writing to financial publications, including the FT and The Guardian. Ben spent 13 years as a market intelligence reporter/relationship manager at S&P Global where he gained expert knowledge of the metals industry and also became a commentator on batteries and the energy transition.

Chris Rimmer

Deputy Head of Department, Cenex

Chris is the Deputy Head of Department in Cenex’s Energy Systems and Infrastructure department. Having worked on Connected Homes at E.ON for a number of years, he leads the Infrastructure Strategy work, advising councils, charities, companies and countries on how to get the right number of chargepoints of the right type in the right places. Previously. he led the Innovate UK-sponsored EV-elocity and Cenex’s involvement in the E-Flex V2G projects. He now oversees Cenex’s involvement in the support of OZEV’s LEVI fund, and has recently completed a feasibility study into dynamic wireless charging.

When not thinking about Electric Vehicle infrastructure, he is an active member of his local church, loves walking in the Peak District and spending time with his family.

Quentin Willson

Motoring Broadcaster, Transport Campaigner and Founder of FairCharge

Quentin has been driving and campaigning for electric cars for over a decade. He was one of the first journalists to drive GM’s $1bn EV1 in 1996 for BBC Top Gear, has personally owned a Nissan Leaf, Citroen C-Zero, Vauxhall Ampera, Renault Zoe, Mitsubishi iMiev, Tesla Model 3 – and even a vintage 70s Enfield Electric – driven 70,000 miles in battery-only electric cars and campaigned with Boris Johnson for greater EV adoption.

While Jeremy Clarkson was pointing and laughing at electric cars, Quentin was experimenting with this new technology by driving and charging his own EVs every day. He’s given evidence on transport electrification to government Select Committees, House of Lords round tables and lobbied transport ministers and MPs for greater EV incentives and infrastructure. He won Green Fleet’s EV Champion in 2015 and was ranked 18th on Green Fleet’s list of Top 100 Global EV influencers for 2020. He currently drives a Tesla Model 3 everyday and owns the EV and charging campaigning website FairCharge. No journalist has deeper EV heritage or more passion for the subject than Quentin.

Shayne Rees

Head of Marketing, char.gy

Shayne is Head of Marketing at char.gy, a provider of public electric vehicle charging to communities of drivers who can’t use their home electricity supply to charge their cars.

Most of his career focused on marketing EDF’s range of low-carbon energy solutions to businesses and the public sector. He draws on this experience to help char.gy play a big part in the electrification of transport and its crucial role in delivering the UK’s Net Zero 2050 goal.

Prior to joining char.gy, Shayne led the UK sales and marketing team at ubitricity and helped the company grow into the UK’s largest public charging networks by number of charge points.

Mark Constable

Head of Business Development, Trojan Energy

Mark drove his first EV in 2008 (a plug-in Prius prototype) and was immediately hooked. He led the Electric Vehicle team at EDF Energy early on in the UK market, and more recently developed a large-scale commercial Rapid Charging Hub programme for TfL. Mark has sat on a number of industry committees and steering/advisory groups in both eMobility and heat electrification, while maintaining his own body of insight data focused on end user behaviour and priorities. His overall goal is to democratise access to infrastructure as electrification accelerates.

Mark joined Trojan in May 2021 as Head of Business Development, leading on marketing, sales and public affairs. As the EV switch accelerates, meeting the infrastructure challenges become ever more urgent. Access, usability and fairness is his mission.

ElectriX

ElectriX is powered by LV= General Insurance to help drivers lease, charge and insure an electric car. ElectriX has everything you need to make the switch, offering a wide range of cars to lease, with many cars available within 12 weeks, as well as home charging and electric car insurance. The website helps drivers decide whether an electric car is right for them, what it costs to own and run one, and how to charge – both at home and on the road.

char.gy

char.gy is the most convenient way for drivers to charge an electric vehicle on their street. We utilise existing street infrastructure to provide two electric vehicle charging solutions:

• A lamppost smart charge point that fits onto existing street furniture

• A satellite bollard smart charge point for greater placement flexibility

Simple-to-use and well designed solutions for councils and parking providers to accelerate the uptake of electric vehicles for their residents and drivers.

easy everyday charging

Direct Line Group

Companies under the Direct Line Group umbrella provide insurance to millions of UK customers via well-known brands such as Direct Line, Churchill, NIG and Churchill Expert.

Electrification is rapidly changing the mobility landscape for UK drivers, so we are evolving our products and services to assist the companies we work with, as well as their customers and staff, to make their transition to EVs. We provide insurance, directly or via insurance brokers, for EV Fleets, short term hire, flexible leasing, subscription propositions plus company car and salary sacrifice schemes.