{"id":5492,"date":"2025-07-16T16:19:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T15:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portstrategy.nfdtesting.uk\/greenport\/2025\/07\/16\/fleete-launches-rapid-ev-charging-hub\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T14:17:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:17:13","slug":"fleete-launches-rapid-ev-charging-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/news\/projects-initiatives-greenport\/fleete-launches-rapid-ev-charging-hub\/","title":{"rendered":"Fleete launches rapid EV charging hub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a leading provider of tailored fleet charging solutions, Fleete is building the first high-capacity EV hub of its kind inside the Port of Tilbury.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBreaking ground at Port of Tilbury is more than a construction milestone,\u201d said Chris Morrison, CEO of Fleete.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a clear demonstration of how government seed capital can crowd-in multiples more from private capital to build the sustainable infrastructure the UK needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Large scale charging<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With 5MW of power and 16 rapid charging bays, the site sets a new benchmark in port infrastructure designed for large-scale HGV and fleet electrification.<\/p>\n<p>The Tilbury hub, supported by GB\u00a31 million in government funding via the Thames Freeport programme, will serve as a vital charging node along key logistics routes.<\/p>\n<p>The facility will feature rapid charging technology from Heliox and Voltemp, enabling 24\/7 operation for electric HGVs and commercial vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>For Fleete, this is the first in a growing network of strategically located EV charging sites built to support zero-emission freight at scale.<\/p>\n<p>Positioned in one of the UK\u2019s busiest multimodal ports, the project is a milestone in enabling smart, future-ready port electrification.<\/p>\n<p>By directly addressing fleet needs such as uptime, usability and grid capacity, Fleete said it is helping redefine what reliable EV charging looks like for commercial logistics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fleete has broken ground on what will become the UK\u2019s largest dedicated EV charging hub for commercial HGV fleets &#8211; a major leap forward in national charging infrastructure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":5493,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,8],"tags":[1971,2190,118,933,2191,637,39],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-5492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy-technology-greenport","category-projects-initiatives-greenport","tag-charging-infrastructure","tag-charging-solutions","tag-electrification","tag-ev-charging","tag-fleete","tag-port-electrification","tag-port-of-tilbury"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5492"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5494,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5492\/revisions\/5494"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5492"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=5492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}