Hubber, the high-powered charging platform founded in 2024 by an ex-Tesla team, has secured £60m in committed equity to build a portfolio of high-powered urban charging hubs across the UK.

The funding, led by James Bayliss, former head trader at Elliott Advisors (UK), will accelerate Hubber’s growth, building on strong traction and an evolving base of committed customers, enabling delivery of an initial 30 hubs.

The company’s first hub in Forest Hill, London, is set open on 20 August, in partnership with Raw Charging.

Founded in 2024 by Harry Fox, Connor Selwood and Hugh Leckie, Hubber’s leadership team previously delivered more than 100 Tesla Supercharger sites and over 1,200 ultra-rapid charging points before the company’s Supercharger division was disbanded by Elon Musk in April 2024, laying off around 500 staff.

Hubber is now applying that expertise to solve the ‘urban charging problem’ as concerns mount that access to fast, affordable charging in cities is falling behind the needs of drivers.

Commercial fleets – from taxis and ride-hailing services to last-mile delivery vans or buses – are electrifying at pace, yet face a lack of appropriate charging solutions for their operational requirements. Problems are compounded by the fact that some 40% of UK households don’t have access to a driveway, which can make charging an electric vehicle challenging.

The £60m investment will fund the acquisition and development of next-generation, high-powered EV charging hubs across major UK cities, underpinned by megawatt-scale grid connections.

Hubber delivers modular, planning-approved, ready-to-operate sites to charge point operators and commercial fleet partners.

Its business is centred around a proprietary site-selection model, turnkey design and delivery, and trusted supply chain, which the firm says enables it to deliver higher-quality sites, faster and more reliably than competitors.

Harry Fox, CEO of Hubber, said: “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.

“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. That’s the gap Hubber will address.”

James Bayliss, investor, commented: “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.”