Fastned to create indoor EV charging hub in Aberdeen

Drive-thru facility will repurpose an existing warehouse

Aberdeen City Council has given Fastned the go-ahead to build an indoor ultra-rapid EV charging hub inside one of the city’s warehouses. 

The hub will have 12 ultra-rapid charging bays, offering drivers up to 100 miles of range in 5 minutes from 400kW chargers. 

A shop, toilets and a seating area inside the building will keep drivers comfortable while they charge. A winter 2026 opening is planned.

Located off Virginia Street, which forms part of Aberdeen’s inner city ring road, the charging hub will reuse the Grampian House warehouse. It is anticipated this central location will make the charging hub easy to use for residents, businesses and drivers journeying in and out of the city.  

The hub will use Fastned’s drive-thru format, similar to that found in petrol stations. This will make it easy for drivers to drive in and out of charging bays, improve accessibility for any type of vehicle, cut down the time it takes to access the charger, improve the throughput of vehicles on site, and reduce congestion.

Fastned will install the charging hub within the existing warehouse structure to keep drivers sheltered from the wind and rain while they charge. The company says this conversion represents a brand new approach to EV charging that will reduce the development's environmental impact while upgrading industrial land and improving the customer experience.

Tom Hurst, UK country director at Fastned, said: “I’m over the moon that Aberdeen City Council has supported our application and given us the green light. This means we can break ground at the site as soon as possible and kick-start this very exciting project. 

“It’s really a revolutionary approach to EV charging and will transform the charging experience for many customers, especially in a part of the country where the weather isn’t always the best. We’re truly delighted to be supporting the EV transition in Scotland and expanding our network further north.”

The project has been welcomed by Fiona Hyslop, cabinet secretary for transport in Scotland. “This is a really positive development to support Scotland’s vision for public EV charging, and a great example of how public ambition and private sector investment can support the shift to electric vehicles,” she said.

“We’ve already achieved our target of 6,000 public chargepoints two years ahead of schedule thanks to a combination of public funding and increasing private sector investment, with the private sector now responsible for more than two thirds of Scotland’s public EV charging. This new hub would be the first of its kind in the UK, showing Scotland really can lead the way in transforming how people choose to travel.”