Three former members of Tesla’s UK Supercharger team have secured £60 million in funding to roll out a network of high-powered EV charging hubs in UK cities, addressing one of the country’s most urgent electrification challenges.
The new company, Hubber, was founded in 2024 by Harry Fox, Connor Selwood, and Hugh Leckie – a team that previously oversaw delivery of more than 100 Tesla Supercharger sites and 1,200 ultra-rapid chargers nationwide. When Tesla closed its UK Supercharger division in April 2024, the trio set out to tackle the growing urban charging deficit.
“Early ultra-fast charging focused on motorways and range anxiety, but today the real pressure is in cities,” said Harry Fox, CEO of Hubber. “The fleets doing the most miles – taxis, ride-hail, delivery vans, buses – are electrifying fast, yet city infrastructure is lagging. Large, high-powered hubs are the key to enabling continuous, efficient and scalable operations.”
First Site Opens This Month
Hubber’s first site launches on 20 August in Forest Hill, south-east London, in partnership with Antin-owned RAW Charging. It is the first of 30 planned hubs in the company’s initial phase, which will deliver a combined 100 MW of grid capacity.
Funding and Model
The £60 million investment is led by James Bayliss, former Head Trader at Elliott Advisors (UK), and Christopher Fox, former CFO of the British Business Bank. Hubber’s approach combines the acquisition of urban land with pre-secured megawatt-scale grid connections, delivering sites in a modular, consented format ready for operation by charge point operators or fleet partners.
Bayliss said:
“Urban EV charging remains one of the UK’s biggest infrastructure challenges. This uniquely skilled team now has the capital to address it, and we expect their work to make a significant and lasting impact on the country’s electrification.”
Tackling Deployment Barriers
Hubber identifies land scarcity, high costs, grid constraints, and complex planning as the key barriers slowing urban charging rollouts. By integrating site acquisition, planning consent, and grid capacity into one package, Hubber aims to remove the delays that have hampered even established operators.
If successful, the strategy could become a blueprint for scaling fleet-focused urban charging – a critical factor as commercial EV adoption accelerates towards 2030.