• Osprey Charging partners with Brookhouse to deliver rapid EV destination charging to retail sites across the UK.
• Customers of major brands including Sainsbury’s, M&S and Argos are benefiting from the rollout.
• Over 18 million vehicles typically visit the sites each year, opening up EV charging to the mass market.

Osprey Charging, today announces a major retail partnership with real estate specialists, Brookhouse Group, to install rapid EV charging at ten retail sites across the UK. The partnership, the largest of its kind in the UK, is already opening up rapid destination charging to customers visiting major retail brands such as Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Argos, Next, Aldi, and M&S millions of times per year.

Annually, over 18 million vehicles typically visit Brookhouse’s retail sites across the UK. EV adoption is accelerating as the 2035 deadline for the ban on new internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles approaches, meaning a significant proportion of these will be electric in the near future. By offering on-site rapid EV charging services at ten of its sites – seven of which, charging services are already fully operational for EV drivers – Brookhouse is supporting the growing number of EV drivers visiting its sites, future proofing its portfolio and bringing an added incentive for customers to choose its sites, directly benefitting its tenants with increased footfall and dwell time.

Osprey Charging covers all costs associated with installing and servicing the rapid charging points, eliminating financial risk. The full rollout will see a total of 17 Osprey Charging rapid chargers installed across ten sites throughout the UK. Seven charging sites, hosting a total of 13 rapid chargers, are already open to the public, with the remaining three sites expected to be completed before the end of the year. Each site is powered by 100% renewable energy and the partnership will prevent an estimated 16 tonnes of harmful NOx from polluting UK roads, and over 20 thousand tonnes CO2 emissions.

Customers visiting the sites can access Osprey Charging’s rapid charge points without the need for membership or subscription. Osprey Charging’s rapid chargers operate on a simple contactless payment method. The chargers are compatible with every EV on the market today and provide 80 miles of charge in as little as 30 minutes [Depending on the battery]. This means that during the average 73 minute shopping trip to out of town shopping centres, such as those owned by Brookhouse, customers can expect to add over 160 miles for range [Average time spent per shopping visit in Great Britain between 2012 and 2013, by location].

This announcement is Osprey Charging’s latest deal in the retail park sector, following previous announcements with Reef, M7, Northumberland Estates and more due to open this year. The announcement supports Osprey Charging’s plans to double the number of rapid chargers in the UK by 2024, following significant investment from Cube in July 2019.