Ultra-rapid charging is moving closer to where fleet vehicles work

Ultra-rapid charging is increasingly moving beyond motorway corridors and into urban areas, potentially improving the case for EVs without reliable home or depot charging.

Ionity is opening its first UK urban charging site in Greenwich, London, with 12 bays capable of delivering up to 400kW.

For fleets, the wider trend matters more than one location.

High-powered urban hubs could give taxis, private-hire operators, service fleets and high-mileage company cars access to rapid charging closer to where vehicles actually operate.

That does not make public charging automatically economical. Managers still need to assess tariff levels, vehicle charging capability, likely dwell time and whether drivers need to divert from normal routes.

But expanding high-speed infrastructure in towns and cities gives fleets another option where workplace or residential charging cannot meet demand.

Fleet EV suitability assessments should therefore be refreshed as local infrastructure develops. A vehicle considered impractical because of charging access a year ago may now have very different operating options.

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