UK petrol station operator EG Group will add Tesla Supercharger technology to its forecourts.
It’s the first time that Tesla has sold its EV charger technology to a European third party – and it paves the way for similar deals to be done, the American electric car giant said.
The new EV Point-branded chargers – which can reach speeds of up to 150kW – will be open-access and not restricted to use by Tesla cars, as is mainly the case with the firm's current 1100-strong Supercharger network in the UK.
This deal is part of a move to grow EG Group’s charging network from 600 across 189 sites to more than 20,000 across 3600 sites.
They will be deployed across both the UK and Europe, with the first installed before the end of the year.
EG Group co-founder Zuber Issa said the deal would “help power the transition to net-zero” as the UK begins to lag behind its goal of installing 300,000 public chargers by 2030.
According to government figures, the UK currently has just over 49,000 public chargers.
Issa added: “Securing this best-in-class equipment from Tesla marks another milestone for EV Point and is hugely exciting for us.
“It's the first deal of its kind entered into by Tesla with a third-party charge-point operator in Europe and will transform how our customers charge their vehicles and how they interact with EG.”
Tesla will now look to “make our fast-charging hardware available for purchase to other leaders in the space", said Rebecca Tinucci, the firm’s senior director of charging infrastructure.
She added: “The rapid installation of reliable, easy-to-use EV charging infrastructure is the right step towards a sustainable future and a key area of focus for us at Tesla.”
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