Our electric friends in the north: shoppers get new EV charging hub at Trafford’s White City Retail Park
Visitors to Trafford’s White City Retail Park are now able to charge their electric vehicles while they shop thanks to the installation of five new ultra-rapid chargers.
All Be.EV members will also have exclusive access, free of charge, at this location for a week, from Tuesday 14th until Tuesday 21st November.
The project marks the start of a partnership between The Derwent Group, who operate the retail park on behalf of The Albert Gubay Charitable Foundation, and EV charging network Be.EV.
White City is the first of four installations that Be.EV will be developing in partnership with The Derwent Group.
Further hubs are planned at some of the north west’s most popular retail destinations across Liverpool, Warrington and Wallasey.
All of the sites will be equipped Kempower chargers, which can charge a typical EV to 80% in as little as 20 minutes, compared to four to six hours on a 7kW fast charger.
These can intelligently distribute energy supply between vehicles according to demand - meaning if one car reaches the maximum amount of power on one charger, any residual energy supply can be reassigned to another vehicle connected on-site.
White City Retail Park attracts an average of 140,000 vehicles per month, and there will be ten parking bays sharing five 150kW chargers.
Asif Ghafoor, CEO at Be.EV, says: ”We’re delighted to work with The Derwent Group as their EV partner, and to bring our state-of-the-art charging infrastructure to retail sites across their portfolio.”
“Retail parks offer shoppers a convenient moment to charge their car, and The Derwent Group is getting ahead of the curve by providing reliable, high quality charging facilities for their visitors.”
“Other property developers should be taking note. As more and more shoppers choose to drive electric vehicles, they’ll naturally gravitate to retail destinations where they can conveniently charge their car whilst shopping.”
Peter Gilliland, Head of Property Management at The Derwent Group, comments: “The roll-out of this first phase of electric vehicle chargers with Be.EV at White City marks an exciting step in the evolution of the Derwent Group portfolio as we look to create more sustainable and improved amenities for our customers and drive revenue.”
“Given the prime locations and strong line-ups of our retail parks, partnering with Be.EV was an obvious choice given its established local network and commitment to excellent customer service. We are looking forward to rolling out EVC to a further 11 sites in upcoming phases.”
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