- Gridserve Electric Forecourt is a 明言する／公表する-of-the-art electric 乗り物 非難する 中心 at Gatwick's South 終点
- Open 24/ 7 365 days, the high 力／強力にするd chargers are 有能な of 配達するing 100 miles of 範囲 in 5 minutes
- Gridserve uses 100% renewable energy across its 非難する 網状組織 and is 献身的な to sustainability?
If you asked someone new to electric 乗り物s to picture 非難する an EV, they might imagine a charger at the 支援する of a motorway service 駅／配置する car park 潜在的に with snaking 列s, with some chargers out of order まっただ中に growing 需要・要求する.?
But some companies are 試みる／企てるing to make the EV 非難する experience far smoother. A new 時代 of electric 非難する is bringing some of the smartest, and most 維持できる car re-filling experiences ever on 申し込む／申し出.
主要な the 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 is Griderserve ? the award-winning 維持できる energy company - who's Electric Forecourts 目的（とする） to make it as enjoyable and 平易な to recharge your own 殴打／砲列s as it is to 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 your car's.
Toddington Harper, 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある, took us on a 小旅行する of Gridserve's 最新の Electric Forecourt at Gatwick International Airport's South 終点.
Covered 非難する at Gatwick Gridserve is 利用できる 24/7 365 days of the year, with a direct 顧客 service phoneline (no chatbots here) and 'EV gurus' on 手渡す to help you out
What is an Electric Forecourt?
Gridserve Electric Forecourts are 献身的な, undercover 非難する 目的地s with the 最新の renewable energy 力／強力にするd EV chargers.
Shopping, food and drink and 商売／仕事 施設s, 同様に as 実験（する） 運動s and EV （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状）, are all under one 維持できる roof.
Toddington tell us: 'The 指名する Electric Forecourt makes it 平易な for 顧客s to understand what we 申し込む／申し出, and explains the 顧客 experience.'
How 平易な is the 非難する experience?
The first thing that 攻撃する，衝突するs you about Gridserve's Gatwick 場所／位置 is how the 明言する／公表する-of-the-art-施設 is miles ahead of any 石油 forecourt ーに関して／ーの点でs of a clean and enjoyable experience.
The high-天井d outdoor 非難する area - made from 維持できる 構成要素s - is futuristic, open and spotless.
Covered 非難する is 利用できる 24/7, 365 days a year, with a direct 顧客 service phoneline (no chatbots here).
It has 22 High 力／強力にする chargers (非難する up to 350kW), four Low 力／強力にする chargers (up to 22kW) and four Tesla Superchargers (up to 250kW). These 装置s are 有能な of 追加するing 100 miles of 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 in just five minutes.
And all Gridserve chargers are 力／強力にするd by 100 per cent renewable energy ? part of Gridserve's 'sun-to-wheel' ecosystem.
The 非難する 過程 is very simple ? there's a 推論する／理由 Gridserve has five-星／主役にする Google reviews.?
運動 up to the charger of choice, tap your debit or credit card, plug in and 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金. It's genuinely that 平易な because every 装置 uses contactless 支払い（額） ? no need for an app or account. You can even 支払う／賃金 with your Apple Watch.
But the 'EV Gurus' really put the 非難する experience 長，率いる and shoulders above others.? These are 専門家s who are on 手渡す to show you the 非難する ropes and answer any electric car questions you might have on arrival.
They're around from 4.30am to 10pm, seven days of the week ? the same hours the 歓待 and 小売 施設s are open.
'You couldn't get anything better than this ーに関して／ーの点でs of a 非難する 場所 for electric cars,' Toddington 確認するs.
What 歓待 is on 申し込む／申し出 inside the 中心?
Of the three Gridserve Electric Forecourts already open - there are five more either already under construction or with 認可するd planning 許可 - Gatwick is the smallest. But that doesn't 持つ／拘留する it 支援する.
After grabbing a coffee from the Costa, I had my first AI shopping experience, 選ぶing up some crisps from the onsite Little Fresh convenience 蓄える／店.
わずかに surreally, I tapped in with a credit card, 選ぶd up my chosen ready salted Walkers and just walked out.?
Little Fresh uses アマゾン's 'Just Walk Out' 科学（工学）技術 to （悪事，秘密などを）発見する what the shopper does or doesn't buy, creating a 事実上の shopping cart. When they leave the 蓄える／店, their choice of 支払い（額） method gets 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d ? no 列 waiting 要求するd.
Inside the Forecourt you can get food and drink at Costa, use the washroom 施設s, do som e work in the lounge area, make use of the 解放する／自由な Wi-Fi or 調書をとる／予約する a 会合 room?
If you need to 得る，とらえる 必須のs, the Little Fresh 蓄える／店s has アマゾン's Just Walk Out 科学（工学）技術 which 許すs to tap in with a contactless card, shop and then walk out - no checking out needed
Hot drink and 軽食s in-手渡す, the lounge area beckoned for a quick bit of work on the go. 解放する／自由な wi-fi throughout, there's even a bookable 会合 room if you want to take calls in 私的な.
Making people comfortable and at-緩和する with the electric experience is Harper's 目的（とする） with the forecourts.
'What we're 焦点（を合わせる）d on is the 顧客 experience. That's what I think differentiates us from any other examples.
'It's all about making it 平易な. It's about making 供給するing a better experience th an 石油 and ディーゼル'.
While you're sat inside the 中心 waiting for your EV to 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金, you can see the sustainability かかわり合い Gridserve is making across its 網状組織 every where you look.
Sustainability and clean energy ? 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 your car 犯罪 解放する／自由な
Toddington says: 'The 大多数 of what we're doing is 最高の 中心s. They work 広大な／多数の／重要な and that's why we're 非難する almost 200,000 cars a month'. These high 力／強力にするd 非難する 中心s are placed at 重要な 大勝するs 含むing big motorway service 駅／配置するs, so you can 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 and go quickly and easily
最高の 中心s are another part of Gridserve's Electric 主要道路, と一緒に the Electric Forecourts. The entire Electric 主要道路 申し込む／申し出s 100 per cent renewable energy and is part of Gridserve's much larger sustainability 使節団
The 'sun-to-wheel' ecosystem '許すs Gridserve to 配達する 逮捕する 無 輸送（する） that's better for your pocket and 惑星,' Toddington tells us.
Gridserve CEO Toddington Harper took us on a 小旅行する of Gatwick Electric Forecourt, telling us: 'You couldn't get anything better than this ーに関して／ーの点でs of a 非難する 場所 for electric cars'
All Electric Forecourts sit within the 大規模な Gridserve Electric 主要道路 - you'll find Gridserve 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 points across the UK, with Electric 最高の 中心s on 重要な 大勝するs such as M1 services.
'The 大多数 of what we're doing is 最高の 中心s. They work 広大な／多数の／重要な and that's why we're 非難する almost 200,000 cars a month', Mr Harper says.
Every EV driver 非難する on the Gridserve Electric 主要道路 will use 無 炭素 energy that's 生成するd by large 規模 hybrid solar and 殴打／砲列 farms.?
And Gridserve 約束s 'every kWh of energy used across its Electric 主要道路 is 取って代わるd with a kWh of 逮捕する 無 energy ? giving all EV drivers a reliable source of 維持できる 非難する'.
From wastage minimising modular construction techniques, to vegetable oil 力／強力にするd 発生させる人（物）s to rainwater 紅潮／摘発するing loos - while you're 非難する your EV, Gridserve is using incredibly innovative techniques to 達成する its ambitious 逮捕する 無 的s.
The 商売／仕事 has committed to 確実にするing a 最小限 of 10 per cent 逮捕する 伸び（る） in biodiversity at all Electric Forecourt 場所／位置s, and it's a?true passion of Toddington's.
'同様に as the 全世界の 気温 rise, in the last 50 years, we've lost so many 種類 ? more than 70 per cent of the world's 野性生物. It's 驚くべき／特命の／臨時の.
'We use our solar farms to attract pollinators, we 雇う ecologists to 工場／植物 wildflowers - we look at our land as an 適切な時期 to 保護する nature.'
EV 実験（する） 運動 and 賃貸し（する）ing
Gridserve 申し込む／申し出s EV 実験（する） drivers so I 調書をとる／予約するd the MG4 at the Gatwick Electric Forecourt and took it for a spin. With the EV gurus on 手渡す, you can find out about the 十分な EV 所有権 experience 同様に as what the car is like to 運動.
The 大多数 of the Forecourt experience is tailored around 非難する, but you can learn as much as you'd like about EVs while you're there t oo.
That's because you can 調書をとる／予約する a 実験（する） 運動 in the EV showroom or online or talk to one of the team about 賃貸し（する）ing an EV.?
I 調書をとる／予約するd an MG4 for my 実験（する） 運動 at Gatwick, taking it out on a pre-始める，決める 大勝する.
The MG4 is one of the cheapest electric cars you can buy in the UK, starting from £26,995.?
It's won countless awards because it 申し込む／申し出s families a lot of hatchback for the money, with excellent safety 道具, tech and 範囲 across all 削減するs and 殴打／砲列 levels.
While it's only a very short 実験（する） 運動, it's still a very good way for someone new to electric cars to try out the EV 所有権 experience with 専門家s on 手渡す to guide you.
Gurus will walk you through everything from the 明確な／細部s of the model you've chosen, to 非難する, regenerative ブレーキing (unique tech that uses wasted energy from ブレーキing to keep the 殴打／砲列 topped up) and 所有権 costs.
The 実験（する） 運動s and 賃貸し（する）ing are there to make it 平易な for 運転者s to go electric Toddington says.
'We're 焦点（を合わせる）ing on how we can 追加する the most value to the UN goal of 減ずるing 放出／発行 by 43 per cent in six years.
'非難する is our specialist area, which 実験（する） 運動s and 賃貸し（する）ing complement ? but it's not on the same 規模 as the Electric 主要道路.'
Gridserve and Toddington are part of 産業 calls to 減ずる 付加価値税 on public 非難する from 20 per cent to five per cent (in line with home 非難する) to help the 移行 to electric and make it fairer for people who can't 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 at home. For companies like Gridserve it's 決定的な to 達成する profitability too
What's Gridserve's take on the electric 未来?
Toddington defines Gridserve as 'a tech enabled 維持できる energy 商売／仕事.'
He went on to explain: 'It's （疑いを）晴らす that around 25 per cent of the 放出／発行s in this country from road 輸送（する）, and there's a 大規模な 役割 that we can play in making that easier.'
But like many 基幹産業 players, Gridserve is calling on the 政府 to do more to help the 移行 and incentivise people to switch to electric cars.
産業 leaders said the （ドイツなどの）首相／（大学の）学長 had '行方不明になるd a 大規模な 適切な時期' to 上げる 病んでいる electric car sales in the Spring 予算, by 辞退するing to introduce more incentives to 私的な EV 買い手s in the form of 'fair 税金s for a fair 移行.'
'We're 投資するing more money than we make 現在／一般に - we're not yet profitable - because the EV market is 比較して やめる small at the moment.
'But we're putting in 組織／基盤／下部構造 that's 未来-proofed, so it's not 存在 used anywhere 近づく its 十分な 可能性のある at this moment in time.'
In order for 商売／仕事s like Gridserve to reach profitability electric cars need to be more attractive to drivers. To start, EVs will be much more attractive if 付加価値税 is 削減（する） on public 非難する from 20 per cent to five per cent, in-line with home 非難する 付加価値税.
Toddington told us: 'We want the cost of energy to be as attractive as it かもしれない can be. And the 現在の 状況／情勢 is very 不公平な for drivers, unless you happen to be one of the lucky people who can 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 with only five per cent 付加価値税 at home.
'If 付加価値税 was five per cent on our 網状組織, then we would be 意味ありげに cheaper than ディーゼル or 石油. The only 推論する／理由 that our pricing isn't cheaper is because of that 税金, and people don't realise that.'
