Liberty Charge expands top team

Chargepoint operator Liberty Charge has made three director level appointments. Matt Croucher joins in the newly created role of EV services director, Amanda Pun in another new role as legal director, and Perran Moon as chief marketing officer.

Chargers at Pease Pottage

Electrifying the London to Brighton run

Gridserve says it has electrified the route from London to Brighton with a new Electric Super Hub. The route will now be easier EV drivers looking to visit seaside destinations such as Brighton, Bognor Regis, Worthing and Newhaven this summer.

Located at the Pease Pottage Moto services on the M23, the hub features six 350kW-capable High Power charging units that can add 100 miles of range in less than 10 minutes. The site can accommodate six more in the future.

Pease Pottage is Gridserve’s 13th Electric Super Hub and second this year, following the opening of Solstice Park, near Stonehenge.

The Electric Super Hub features both CCS connectors and CHAdeMO connectors (which cannot dual charge). There are also two Medium Power Gridserve chargers up to 60kW with four connectors (three CCS and one CHAdeMO) and one AC Gridserve charger up to 22kW.

Pease Pottage offers contactless payment.

Croucher brings extensive experience in planning, including as the zero-emission mobility lead at WSP. His experience in the EV sector stretches back to the industry’s early years in 2009, across a range of projects within the public and private sectors. Croucher said: “My primary focus is to grow the number of chargepoints through collaborating with local authorities, working closely with all stakeholders to understand their needs and the best solutions.”

Amanda Pun has experience in the telecommunications industry. She said: “It’s an exciting time for the industry as it accelerates at pace to keep up with growing EV ownership. From a legal perspective, this provides a great opportunity to start from the ground up. It means collaborating closely with councils and industry to establish required outcomes, and doing so in the simplest ways possible.”

With more than 25 years’ experience in the automotive industry, Perran Moon said: “Clear communication, in addition to an offering that removes all hassle associated with the funding, logistics and maintenance of EV chargepoints, will be vital in supporting local authorities to provide infrastructure that works for residents and local authorities, and not against them.”