UK fuel management and EV charging card company Allstar Business Solutions has announced a partnership with sustainable energy business Gridserve.
The collaboration means that the Allstar One Electric card and roaming cards that are part of the Allstar Network, such as Mina Chargepass, is now accepted as the first third-party payment method alongside contactless on the Gridserve Electric Highway.
This includes Gridserve’s two Electric Forecourts in Braintree and Norwich, as well as its High Power Electric Super Hubs and Medium Power Electric Hubs that cover 85% of the UK’s motorway service areas.
The partnership is designed to give more EV charging options for fleet customers charging on the road and continued control and visibility during the transition to fleet e-mobility.
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Tom Rowlands, managing director, global EV solutions at Allstar Business Solutions, said: “Recent vehicle sales figures show that there is a clear and growing appetite from UK fleet operators to incorporate EVs into their businesses and ultimately make the full transition.
“To help them achieve this it is essential that we partner with leading electric charging operators, such as Gridserve.
“This will help us to offer greater access to charging points for drivers and reduce any threat of range anxiety for vehicles on the road.”
Over the past year, Gridserve has embarked on a multimillion-pound programme to upgrade more than 160 charging locations with new chargers, deliver additional High Power Electric Super Hubs across the motorway network, each featuring a bank of six-to-12 350kW-capable chargers, and opened an Electric Forecourt in Norwich.
