On-street charging network Char.gy is now fully live on Zap-Pay, providing users with a further simple way to pay for charging.

The entire Char.gy network is now a fully Zap-Pay enabled

While Char.gy’s points in Greater London were previously Zap-Pay enabled, it’s the first time that the operator’s charging points in Leicester and Coventry have been added. The entire network is now a fully established Zap-Pay partner, meaning EV drivers can now use Zap-Pay on all c. 3,000 Char.gy devices across the UK.

The company, which works with local authorities to help provide EV charging infrastructure for those without off-street charging, currently has a network of almost 1,000 slow and fast devices in Coventry, Greater London and Leicester.

The Zap-Pay service launched late summer 2020 to provide a cross-network payment service, providing a simple way to pay for EV charging across networks from within the Zap-Map app, as well as being able to search for charge points, plan longer journeys, and share updates with other EV drivers.

Zap-Pay’s mission is to include all the key charge point networks across the UK, and Char.gy was the third network to come online with Zap-Pay – following Osprey and ESB Energy – and since followed by nationwide charging network GeniePoint in April and Mer in July.

More integrations and announcements around Zap-Pay are to follow over the coming weeks and months, with ultra-rapid network MFG EV Power and on-street residential network Connected Kerb scheduled to go live on Zap-Pay in August, followed soon thereafter by the Revive and Charge My Street networks. In total this will bring the number of chargers supported by Zap-Pay to almost 4,000.

Alex Earl, commercial director at Zap-Map, said: “I’m thrilled to see Char.gy’s Leicester and Coventry points going live on Zap-Pay. It’s great to have char.gy on board as a fully fledged Zap-Pay partner, not least because the network’s on-street chargers are invaluable for EV drivers without off-street parking.

“Paying for charging has got that much easier for drivers in Leicester and Coventry, joining London where usage of Zap-Pay has been increasing significantly over the past 10 months.”