The Gigahub will help serve the seven million visitors to the NEC campus each year, as well as a wide range of other road users who make up the area's average annual traffic of 60 million. It will be accessed via the main NEC Campus through road, less than 1 mile from Junction 6 of the M42 and just 2.4 miles from Junction 7A of the M6.
The Gigahub features 16 ultra-fast 300kW DC chargers located in two accessible bays. These ultra-fast chargers are capable of charging 30 EVs simultaneously. The site also has a further 150 points for 7kW charging, including additional designated accessible bays.
As a bonus, all visitors to the charging facility will have access to a new Starbucks Coffee drive-through, combining fast charging with convenience to provide the services EV drivers want while they wait.
Jaguar has supported the opening of the Gigahub in Birmingham. During August, a fleet of 32 Jaguar I-Paces were simultaneously used at the facility to test the infrastructure in terms of power distribution, rapid charging and vehicle connection.
