Electric vehicle (EV) charging bay host and operator Applegreen Electric has signed a strategic partnership with EV charging solution provider Paua that will enable Paua’s charge card and app to be used at hundreds of Applegreen and Welcome Break charging points in the UK and Ireland over the next 12 months.
The collaboration is set to expand Paua’s EV charging network to include Applegreen Electric’s ultra-fast charging stations and will initially add more than 250 ultra-rapid charge points across 20 Welcome Break motorway sites in the UK.
The Applegreen Electric chargepoints will be readily available to Paua customers at Welcome Break and Applegreen services located along major strategic road network arteries in the UK, spanning from London to Glasgow, Cardiff to Sheffield, and more.
Within the next 12 months, a total of 500 charging points at Applegreen and Welcome Break locations in the UK and Ireland will be covered by the partnership.
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Jack O’Brien, country manager UK at Applegreen Electric, part of the wider Applegreen Group, said: “Paua’s intuitive payments options combining app, card, live fleet dashboard and a full digital integration to Applegreen Electric will be a valuable asset to our business customers across our expanding EV network in the UK.
“Through partnerships such as this, we will help to remove one of the key barriers to EV adoption for businesses of all sizes, by making it easier for drivers to find and use reliable charging points, supporting the switch to electric and empowering EV drivers to enjoy their journey.”
Paua currently has access to more than 43,000 chargepoints at more than 14,000 locations – including 85% of UK motorway service areas – managed by more than 25 charging providers across the UK.
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The addition of Applegreen Electric means that Paua drivers will have access to one of the UK’s fastest charging network, with 73% of the UK’s high-powered chargers on Paua’s app and card all digitally integrated.
Niall Riddell, chief executive and co-founder of Paua, said: “Enabling the UK’s first full digital integration with Applegreen Electric underpins our vision of a technology enabled charging future for fleets providing insight to save time and money on the transition to electric.”
Achievements and innovations in EV charging will be celebrated at the third annual CiTTi Awards, which will be held on 26 November 2024 at the De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms in London. Nominations officially open in March 2024. Please visit www.cittiawards.co.uk to learn more about this unmissable event for the UK’s transportation sector.
