Ex-Tesla team launches UK EV charging company with £60m funding

Three former members of Tesla’s UK Supercharger team have secured £60 million to develop high-powered charging hubs in UK cities. The first site opens in London on 20 August, with 30 hubs planned in the initial phase.

The new company is called Hubber and was founded in 2024 by former Tesla executives Harry Fox, Connor Selwood and Hugh Leckie. The team says demand for urban ultra-rapid charging is outstripping supply, particularly among operators of taxis, ride-hailing services, delivery vans, and buses.

As mentioned above, the three were previously part of Tesla’s Supercharger team in the UK and “oversaw delivery of 100+ Tesla Supercharger sites and 1,200+ ultra-rapid chargers nationwide.” However, the Supercharger division was closed in April 2024, prompting them to found their own company, “aiming to solve the UK’s urban charging infrastructure deficit.”

“Early ultra-fast charging focused on motorways and ‘range anxiety’, but today the real pressure is in cities. The fleets doing the most miles – taxis, ride-hail, delivery vans, buses – are electrifying fast, yet city infrastructure is lagging,” emphasised Harry Fox, CEO of Hubber. “Large, high-powered hubs are the key to enabling continuous, efficient and scalable operations, but persistent delays leave a critical shortfall just as demand is surging.”

The young company has now secured 60 million pounds in funding. The investment is led by James Bayliss, former Head Trader at Elliott Advisors (UK), and Christopher Fox, former CFO of the British Business Bank. Hubber plans to use the capital to acquire and develop 30 hubs with a combined 100 MW of grid capacity. The first site will open on 20 August in Forest Hill, south-east London, in partnership with Antin-owned RAW Charging.

Looking ahead, Hubber identifies urban charging deployment challenges, such as limited and costly land, grid constraints, and complex planning and consenting processes. Even established charge point operators face difficulties securing suitable locations. Hubber’s model addresses these hurdles by combining the acquisition of urban land with pre-secured megawatt-scale grid connections. Sites are delivered in a modular format, with planning consent in place, ready for operation by charge point operators or fleet partners.

James Bayliss, lead investor, 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.”

Source: Information per e-mail, hubber-infra.co.uk