FM Conway's electric vehicle (EV) charging solution, SureCharge, has been chosen by the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham to provide residential on-street EV charging.
The deal will see FM Conway install 2,000 SureCharge units for the west London authority, providing more than 3,000 charging solutions across the borough by March 2023.
Working with EV partner JoJu Solar, FM Conway will be operating on Transport for London’s (TfL) Go Ultra Low City Scheme (GULCS) framework.
SureCharge units offer the option of using existing streetlight columns infrastructure.
The charging unit can be added to the door of the streetlight column, removing the need for costly and disruptive secondary earthing, such as excavating the footway to install an earth mat.
Cllr Stephen Cowan, leader of Hammersmith and Fulham Council, said:'Hammersmith & Fulham is on the fast track to creating the best e-charge infrastructure in Britain.
'With SureCharge, we’ve now found a way to connect more parts of the borough to the grid even faster. By developing cost-effective, state-of-the-art technologies with top partners like FM Conway, we’re matching quantity with quality.'
Graham Cartledge, lighting director at FM Conway, said: 'Using existing lamp columns for EV charging is a cost-effective way of providing residents with an on-street charging solution.
'We are able to utilise the lamp columns adjacent to parking bays in areas where there are very few properties with driveways/garages, which seems the obvious choice.
'We offer the full turnkey solution, from design, install, commission, and maintenance as well as running the platform for charging sessions.'
