£60m Secured by Ex-Tesla Trio to Super-Charge Commercial Fleets

Ex-Tesla employees secure £60m for new UK urban ultra-rapid charging firm

Hubber, a new public charging firm set to focus on ultra-rapid charging in urban areas, has now secured £60 million in funding, helping to advance its ambitions to address a deficit of high-power urban charging. Hubber was founded by three ex-Tesla staff, Harry Fox, Hugh Leckie, and Connor Selwood, who all worked for Tesla’s UK Supercharger division, which was disbanded back in 2024. The first site is set to open on the 20th of August in Lewisha…

Former Tesla staff launch EV chargepoint firm focussing on urban, ...

The crowded world of EV chargepoint firms has become that much more competitive after three former Tesla staffers secured funding to build a network of urban charging hubs.

Ex-Tesla trio secure £60m for urban EV charging

Three former members of Tesla UK’s disbanded Supercharger team have secured £60m to build a portfolio of high-powered urban charging hubs. The firm, called Hubber, has a leadership team consisting of Harry Fox, Connor Selwood and Hugh Leckie, who oversaw the delivery of more than 100 Tesla Supercharger sites and 1,200 ultra-rapid chargers nationwide. They now seek to “solve the UK’s urban charging infrastructure deficit” and also “unlock electri…

Ex-Supercharger team launch Hubber urban rapid charge network

Three former Tesla Supercharger staff have launched a new charging operation called Hubber which aims to bring more rapid charging to UK cities. The new operator is set to open its first site in Forest Hill, Lewisham on August 20 and has big plans for at least 30 hubs in key UK cities. It has just secured £60 million in funding to help deliver its plan and accelerate the roll-out of ultra-rapid charging hubs in urban areas rather than traditiona…

£60m secured by ex-Tesla trio to super-charge commercial fleets

Team is aiming to plug urban charging gap, particularly for commercial fleets, after securing the multi-million-pound deal.