- Public EV charging platform Octopus Electroverse has reached a significant milestone, with the platform now offering over 1 million public EV chargers across the world, to its customers.
- Spanning over 1,200 charging brands such as IONITY, Allego, Aral pulse, TotalEnergies, Mer, Fastned and Powerdot, Octopus Electroverse now has near-comprehensive access to Europe’s public EV charging infrastructure, with 8 in 10 European chargers accessible through the program.
- Octopus Electroverse looks to simplify the process of public EV charging, a crucial effort as the early mainstream begin to switch to electric vehicles.
Octopus Electroverse reaches 1 million chargers on its network
Octopus Energy launched its Electroverse platform back in 2020, before reaching this impressive one million charger milestone. The network’s current rate of growth stands at over 500 new chargers per day, highlighting just how rapidly EV infrastructure itself is growing across the globe. Electroverse’s network doesn’t just span Europe – as evident from the Electroverse charging map, public chargers in countries such as Thailand, South Korea, and India are also available on the platform.
The UK in particular, already has over 100,000 public chargers across the country, according to Octopus Electroverse, and is on track to triple that figure to 300,000 chargers by 2030. With such a diverse charging network spanning multiple CPOs, solutions such as Electroverse which bring payment and search functions for public charging under one umbrella will play a key role in simplifying the charging experience.
Matt Davies, Director of Electroverse, commented:
“When we created Electroverse, we wanted to strip the hassle out of EV charging. Over one million connected EV chargers later, we’re making it easier than ever for drivers to power up wherever they are, serving one in two EV drivers in the UK.
As the UK and global network grows, so does driver confidence, and it’s fantastic to help even more people make the switch to electric with ease.”
Lilian Greenwood, Minister for the Future of Roads at the Department for Transport, reacted:
“We want drivers to have the confidence of always being close to a charge point, and it’s great to see British firm Octopus reach this significant milestone.
We’re investing over £4 billion in support to help drivers switch to electric vehicles, and coupled with industry’s ongoing work, together we will help drivers locate and charge up with confidence as the charge point network continues to grow here in the UK and beyond.”
