Ex-Tesla trio secure £60m to deliver urban charging hubs

Three key members behind the Tesla Supercharger rollout are set to deliver a portfolio of high-powered urban charging hubs after their company Hubber secured £60 million in committed equity.

The aim is to provide fast, affordable charging in cities, which the trio believes is falling behind the needs of drivers. Commercial fleets – from taxis and ride-hailing services to last-mile delivery vans or buses – are electrifying at pace, yet too often face a lack of appropriate charging solutions for their operational requirements.

This is because land is scarce and costly in cities, and there are greater challenges around grid capacity, planning, and consenting. Finding suitable plots remains a major obstacle to rollout.

The capital commitment is led by James Bayliss, former Head Trader at Elliott Advisors (UK), and Christopher Fox (no relation to Harry Fox), former CFO of the British Business Bank. The funding will accelerate Hubber’s growth, enabling delivery of an initial 30 hubs.

The company’s first hub in Forest Hill, London, is set open on 20th August, in partnership with Antin owned RAW Charging.

Founded in 2024 by Harry Fox, Connor Selwood and Hugh Leckie, Hubber’s leadership team previously delivered more than 100 Tesla Supercharger sites and over 1,200 ultra-rapid charging points 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 £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 an institutional-grade platform in a market poised for rapid expansion.

Harry Fox, CEO 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.”

James Bayliss, investor, 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.