Hubber to build portfolio of high-powered urban charging hubs

Ex-Tesla trio secure £60m to plug UK’s urban EV charging gap

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

Hubber’s leadership team, Harry Fox, Connor Selwood and Hugh Leckie, oversaw delivery of 100-plus Tesla Supercharger sites and over 1,200 ultra-rapid chargers nationwide 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”.

The new capital commitment to Hubber is led by James Bayliss, former head trader at Elliott Advisors (UK), and Christopher Fox (no relation to Harry Fox), former chief financial officer of the British Business Bank. 

The funding will accelerate Hubber’s growth, building on strong traction and evolving base of committed customers, enabling delivery of an initial 30 hubs. 

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. A proprietary site-selection model, turnkey design and delivery, and trusted supply chain enable Hubber to deliver higher-quality sites, faster and more reliably than competitors, creating what it says is an institutional-grade platform in a market poised for rapid expansion.

Harry Fox, chief executive 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.”

Investor James Bayliss said: “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.”

Hubber’s first project, in Lewisham, south-east London, is due to open on 20 August in partnership with Antin-backed RAW Charging. 

The company was advised in the process by Tom Dugarin, director of Mireille, in his capacity as senior advisor to Hubber.