Connected Kerb is the latest network to go live on Zap-Pay, providing drivers with a simple way to pay for its on-street and car park chargers.

Connected Kerb operates a network of around 2,000 on-street and car park chargers

The network is the ninth to be integrated within the cross-network payment solution, joining Osprey, ESB Energy, Char.gy, GeniePoint, Mer, MFG EV Power, Fastned and Alfa Power.

Connected Kerb, which aims to accelerate the transition to sustainable mobility for everyone with affordable and accessible EV charging solutions, operates a network of around 2,000 chargers, covering areas from Aberdeen to Plymouth.

The tie-up means that Zap-Pay, which launched late summer 2020, is now enabled on almost 7,000 charging devices across the UK. Connected Kerb has big plans to grow its network too. It’s working to install 190,000 public on-street EV chargers, worth up to £1.9bn, by 2030, revolutionising access to EV charging for millions of drivers without off-street parking, while also supporting mass-market charging for workplaces and fleets.

Further Zap-Pay partnerships are due to be announced in the coming weeks, supporting Zapmap’s plans to include all the key charge point networks across the UK.

The payment solution avoids the hassle of using different payment methods across all the various networks, providing a simple way to pay for EV charging across networks from within the Zapmap app.

Chris Pateman-Jones, CEO at Connected Kerb, said: “Zap-Pay has made an immeasurable contribution to our users’ charging payment experience, which must be as seamless as possible if we are to win the hearts and minds of existing, experimental and new EV users. Charging an EV should be a routine activity that is as mundane as taking public transport and this collaboration with Zap-Pay will bring that a step closer.”