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Urban Electric's mission is to create the UK's largest urban electric vehicle charging network. Our unique 'pop-up' charging hubs retract fully underground when not in use, minimising the impact on the streetscape so they can be conveniently located right in the street where you live.
- An estimated gap in the market for millions without off-street parking
- Introducing the UEone 'pop-up' charge point
- Working with Oxford, and MoUs with Dundee & Plymouth City councils
- Significant backing from 'Innovate UK' (subject to this raise)
Idea
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The UEone 'pop-up' charge point
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Ian Meikle, Director Clean Growth and Infrastructure, Innovate UK")
“Has the potential to be rolled out across the whole UK”
Ian Meikle, Director Clean Growth and Infrastructure, Innovate UK
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UEone 'pop-up' charging hubs retract when not in use to minimise the impact on the urban streetscape
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The opportunity:
There is an unsolved barrier to electric vehicle (EV) adoption: 87% of EV charging in the UK is done off-street at home (garages and drives). It is convenient and allows you to start the day with a full charge. However, 43% of UK households do not have off-street parking, acting as a major barrier to EV adoption today.
With 11 million EVs on UK roads by 2030, everyone who switches to EVs without off-street parking will need to charge and that's where we come in.
How we're addressing the opportunity:
- The 'UEone' charge point is a new type of EV charging architecture, retracting fully underground when not in use to minimise the impact on the urban streetscape
- This means UEone's can be conveniently located right in the street where you live
- For dependability, we will install up to 6 UEone's at a time as 'pop-up' charging hubs
- We will monetise by electricity used to charge EVs and/or sales of UEone charge points.
Story so far:
- Founded in 2017
- Summer 2018 secured 'Innovate UK' backing for a £600K project to develop and install the world's first 'pop-up' charging hub in partnership with Oxford City
- Summer 2019 secured 'Innovate UK' backing as part of a £3.8m project to further develop and install up to 18 'pop-up' charging hubs in Dundee and Plymouth although this project is conditional on us securing your support!
