The company hopes to bring on-street electric vehicle charging to the masses, beginning with Barnet

An electric vehicle charging — Photo by Andrew Roberts on Unsplash

Electric Vehicle charging company, JOLT announced its launch in the UK on Tuesday, beginning with a partnership with the London Borough of Barnet to provide a network of free, fast and clean roadside charger stations to EV drivers for the first time.

The first installations of the charge stations in Barnet has begun, with the network rolling out over the next months.

Barnet councillor Alan Schneiderman, cabinet Member for environment & climate change, said: “We are a council that cares for people, our places and the planet and that means we have a duty to ensure the air we breathe is clean. So, I’m very pleased to see London’s first JOLT charge points being installed in Barnet as another step towards making transport in the borough more environmentally friendly.

“As well as clean air, our ambition is for Barnet to be net zero by 2042 and, as such, we need to continue to work with our communities and partners to find the right solutions to get us there – joining the JOLT EV charging network is part of this.”

The partnership follows a £2.1m funding grant to the London Borough of Barnet, as part of the Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Pilot Project, a government scheme supporting the rollout of EV charging infrastructure. LEVI aims to deliver a step change in the expansion and growth of on-street charging infrastructure across the country.

JOLT plans to roll out thousands of charging stations across the UK in coming years as part of its mission to help reduce barriers to EV ownership and accelerating e-mobility in the UK as a sustainable transport option.

EV drivers will now have access to 7kWh, or around 30 miles, of free, fast and clean EV charging per day with approximately 15 minutes of charge time and without the need for at-home charging facilities.

Across the UK there were 36 electric cars on the road to every standard public charger in 2022.

No news is bad news

Independent news outlets like ours – reporting for the community without rich backers – are under threat of closure, turning British towns into news deserts.

The audiences they serve know less, understand less, and can do less.

If our coverage has helped you understand our community a little bit better, please consider supporting us with a monthly, yearly or one-off donation.

Choose the news. Don’t lose the news.

Monthly direct debit

Annual direct debit

£5 per month supporters get a digital copy of each month’s paper before anyone else, £10 per month supporters get a digital copy of each month’s paper before anyone else and a print copy posted to them each month. £50 annual supporters get a digital copy of each month's paper before anyone else. £84 annual supporters get a print copy by post and a digital copy of each month's before anyone else.