Kerbo Charge now available in Richmond

The London Borough of Richmond is working with Kerbo Charge to roll out through-pavement EV charging channels for residents who don’t have driveways.

Instead of being reliant on public chargepoints, drivers will be able safely charge their electric vehicles outside their front door.s

The roll-out of these through-pavement charging channels to all Richmond residents makes owning an EV much more appealing. Residents can then charge off-peak for as little as £4, compared to around £25 when using neighbourhood public chargepoints.

Kerbo Charge is designed and manufactured in the UK. 

When a resident wants to charge their car, they insert their charging cable into the channel, whose lid closes behind it like a zip, eliminating potentially hazardous cables stretching across footpaths. The channels flex to fit the natural shape of uneven pavements.

Michael Goulden, chief executive of Kerbo Charge said: “This is all about removing barriers to EV adoption and tackling the ‘pavement tax’ – the additional cost of owning an EV if you have on-street parking – which is 60% of Londoners!”

The cost of the installation is £1,350, residents and residents can take £350 off the cost of their charger by applying for a central government grant.

Kerbo Charge founders Michael Goulden and Ben Whitaker pitched the product to the BBC’s Dragons’s Den in 2024. They received £50,000 investment from Deborah Meaden. Since then the technology has been adopted by 30 local authorities but most of these have been outside of London.

Meaden said: “The best inventions solve widespread problems with simple and cost effective solutions and Kerbo Charge does just that! It obviously helps that I am keen to support business that helps pave the way to a more sustainable future and can see that the Kerbo Charge solution will play an important role in helping local authorites.”