Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has announced the official opening of its newest EV Power charging hub on Marlborough Road, Swindon.
The leading independent forecourt operator said the new hub features ultra-rapid EV charging facilities in a safe, well-lit, and convenient location, ensuring high operational uptime for drivers on the go, alongside an upgraded valeting and convenience retail offering.
MFG, which has committed to investing over £400 million into its EV charging network, is currently installing around 20 charging bays per week, with an ambition to deploy approximately 3,000 charging bays in the coming years.
The latest addition brings the total number of MFG sites in Swindon to four, with two within the constituency of Heidi Alexander, MP for Swindon South, who opened the Marlborough Road hub.
“I am delighted to officially open Swindon’s latest EV charging facility on Marlborough Road,” Alexander said.
“It was fascinating to hear from the Motor Fuel Group team on Friday about the changing needs of their customers across their multiple sites in my constituency and the investment in EV charging capacity to support more drivers to have the confidence to make the switch. I look forward to their ongoing investment in Swindon and enabling our switch to lower carbon transport.”
Martin Symes, EV director, MFG, commented: “We are clear that whilst more and more of us are switching to EVs, petrol and diesel will remain important for many decades – as such we have a dual fuel strategy that is designed to support the UK economy today, and in the future. We are proud to have now deployed over 1,000 ultra-rapid EV charging bays across the UK – which sees us operate around 12 per cent of the UK ultra-rapid network.”
MFG has recently completed the rollout of more than 580 rapid EV charging bays across the Morrisons supermarket network.