Transport for London (TfL) has awarded oil supermajor TotalEnergies a contract to deliver up to 43 DC fast EV chargers across London. The new chargers will offer charging speeds of 100 kW or 200 kW (“rapid” or “ultra-rapid,” in TfL’s terminology), and will be located near key routes used by high-mileage commercial users, or near high streets and local amenities.

Many of the new charging sites will be located in south London, including Bromley, Lewisham and Sutton.

This is the second contract TfL has awarded to TotalEnergies. This includes the agency’s existing work with EV charge point operator Zest, which has delivered some 40 on-street rapid or ultra-rapid EV charging bays for TfL.

London is already a pretty charged city. According to TfL, Cool Britannia’s capital currently boasts more than 27,980 public charging points, more than 1,550 of which offer “rapid or ultra-rapid charging.” TfL predicts that if current demand continues, London will need between 43,000 and 51,000 charge points by 2030.

TfL is working with the GLA Group and other public sector partners to facilitate installing chargers on public land. Places for London—TfL’s wholly-owned real estate company—has partnered with EV charging hub operator Fastned to develop several new EV ultra-rapid charging hubs across its estate. Work is underway on an EV charging hub at TfL’s Hatton Cross Station car park, the first of 25 hubs targeted to be delivered by 2030.

“By unlocking our land to bring new EV bays forward, we’re working with both TotalEnergies and Zest to provide the infrastructure that Londoners need to have the confidence to transition to electric vehicles,” said David Rowe, Director of Investment Planning at TfL.

Source: Transport for London