Portable EV charging firm ZipCharge has partnered with ICEE Managed Services and Graphite to bring its new GoHub to market.  

The GoHub is said to be three times faster and cheaper to install than comparative on-street charging and designed to fit into a single parking space

Revealed last month, the GoHub is said to be the world’s first portable charging infrastructure for shared, public use.  

It hosts multiple ZipCharge Go EV powerbanks to address the need for convenient, flexible, and low-cost energy, providing a community-based solution that can be installed anywhere, at a much lower cost and at a much faster rate, according to the firm.  

The GoHub is modular and flexible in size, suitable for a range of different locations, including on-street, in car parks, at work and in private environments.   

ZipCharge is planning to deploy 100,000 GoHubs around the world by 2030, forming part of the global roll-out of its energy point network.  

The new deal will see ICEE Managed Services and Graphite provide key strategic services in the development, production and launch of the GoHub. Both companies have more than eight years of experience in engineering, manufacturing and installation of public infrastructure, including the Brompton Bike Hire docks at sixty locations across the UK.  

Jonathan Carrier, ZipCharge co-founder, said: “The ability to roll out electric vehicle charging infrastructure at speed is essential to allow national and local governments to deploy it at a faster rate where it is needed the most to support mass EV adoption. EV owners will now have the choice to purchase the Go outright, on subscription or rent one through the GoHub. The GoHub is the world’s first portable EV charging infrastructure for shared, public use.”  

The three companies have already undertaken a three-month concept study to evaluate the design, technical, operational and installation challenges of the early GoHub concept.   

ICEE, which has extensive experience in the installation, commissioning and maintenance of electrical enclosures and fit-out control systems, has already started on detailed engineering design work on a range of GoHub configurations, focused on delivering a modular solution that could maximise the number of Go powerbanks available in the smallest possible footprint – to reduce material cost, simplify manufacturing, while also making it easier to transport and install.  

Graphite, a specialist in remote monitoring and control solutions, will draw on its expertise of working with the likes of Vodafone and Brompton bike hire, developing the electronics and software to operate and manage the ZipCharge Go powerbanks inside the GoHub.  

Paul Harris, managing director, ICEE Managed Services, commented: “We welcome the opportunity to be working with ZipCharge in taking the Go Hub product from its original concept into the pre-production design stage of its development. Our modern manufacturing facilities will provide a total Turn-Key Support Solution with ZipCharge in delivering the Go Hub product to market” 

Graphite director Cory Carver-Grenside added: “Graphite are delighted to be working with ZipCharge on such an original product, we pride ourselves on being a technical solution provider to the likes of Vodafone and BT whilst developing new and innovative remote monitoring and control solutions.”