Fleet customers in Trowbridge now have access to a new state-of-the-art facility where they can charge their electric vehicles in less than an hour.

Novuna Vehicle Solutions, one of the UK's largest fleet leasing providers with a fleet of more than 100,000 vehicles, has just opened a new electric vehicle charging forecourt.

The facility at Novuna’s premises on the White Horse Business Park in Trowbridge incorporates the UK’s first permanent cableless, fully wireless EV charging facility with 12 AC charging pads across each of the parking bays, designed to accommodate cars and vans.

They can deliver up to 22 kW of power to fully charge an average EV with a 50 kWh battery equipped with a 11 kW onboard charger in under five hours.

A separate car park on the site with four DC rapid charging bays delivers up to 100kW of power to fully charge a vehicle in under one hour.

Wiltshire Times: Jon Lawes, managing director of Novuna Vehicle Solutions, with Jonny Berry. Jon Lawes, managing director of Novuna Vehicle Solutions, with Jonny Berry. (Image: Novuna Vehicle Solutions)

The forecourt enables 16 electric vehicles to be charged simultaneously from electricity generated from a solar canopy over the 12 AC bays combined with a grid connection.

It also serves as a charging facility for vehicles used by more than 300 Novuna employees in Trowbridge as well as the company's fleet customers.

Jon Lawes, managing director of Novuna Vehicle Solutions, said: “The opening of our groundbreaking EV charging forecourt represents a major milestone not only for Novuna Vehicle Solutions but for the entire contract hire and leasing industry.

“Our flagship charging facility in Trowbridge truly showcases, for the first time, the breadth of our unique end-to-end charging capability and the energy management solutions we can offer to fleet customers right across the EV charging ecosystem helping them to future-proof their business operations. 

“As a leading advocate for zero-emission vehicles, the launch of our sustainable state of the art EV forecourt also underlines our commitment as a company to carbon neutrality as one of the largest and greenest charging facilities in Wiltshire.”

Wiltshire Times: Contractors put the finishing touches to the new electric charging facility at Novuna Vehicle Solutions in Trowbridge. Photo: Trevor Porter 70181-3Contractors put the finishing touches to the new electric charging facility at Novuna Vehicle Solutions in Trowbridge. Photo: Trevor Porter 70181-3 (Image: Trevor Porter)

The forecourt enables an estimated 70 per cent of the energy consumed for Novuna employee charging to be sourced from the company's own renewable generation.

Ian Plummer, commercial director of Autotrader, added: “As fleets accelerate their transition to electric vehicles, installing workplace charging is a fundamental component of their decarbonisation strategy in order to achieve their net zero ambitions."

A 180 kWh battery storage facility onsite equipped with an energy management system enables storage of unused solar-generated energy, allowing the use of peak-saving trickle charging, delivering lower Co2 emissions.