Robert gets a glimpse of the future that is happening right now as he visits GRIDSERVE’s electric forecourt in this world exclusive episode.
This is the future, now! Robert gets a world exclusive first look at GRIDSERVE’s awesome electric forecourt, before it opens next week. It’s the first of its kind in the UK, the first of one hundred. The forecourt can charge 36 cars simultaneously with a variety of rapid chargers, while drivers and passengers utilise the retail and food facilities at their leisure. What makes this off-the-scale amazing though is that all of the power to charge these EVs comes from sustainable energy, including a 60 acre solar farm, and all surplus energy for the Electric Forecourt goes back into the grid.
Their big plans don’t end there though, as part of the ambition to make the transition to EVs as easy as possible, GRIDSERVE are launching their own EV leasing service. We love everything about this and cannot wait to see what GRIDSERVE do next!
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Timestamps
0:00Â Absolutely incredible
1:17Â Look at all the chargers!
1:36Â Grand entrance
2:22Â Exclusive preview
2:27Â Building site beginnings
2:52Â What inspired GRIDSERVE?
3:36Â Moving the needle
4:28Â Powered by renewables
5:04Â Low cost solar & batteries
5:27Â 60 acre solar farm
6:00Â Net Zero
6:10Â Huge battery storage
7:33Â Wide range of chargers
8:13Â Charging options for all EVs
9:03Â Payment systems
9:53Â Charging costs
10:40Â The World has changed
11:49Â Charging miles per minute
12:23Â Balancing the grid
13:49Â Start spreading the news
14:00Â Car leasing services
15:52Â A lot of trees
16:40Â First of 100
17:39Â Not too shabby!
18:03Â Just genius
18:23Â Subscribe, support, join
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