LONDON, March 9, 2021 – Franklin Energy will provide EVBox charging ports to Q-Park, one of the largest public parking operators in the world. The move will accelerate the transition to electric mobility in the UK while also revolutionizing the public parking industry. 

Franklin Energy’s mission is to be at the forefront of the UK’s transition to electric mobility by providing a network of nationally owned and managed EV charging infrastructure to help the UK meet its stringent CO2 reduction targets and increase its energy security. The partnership with Q-Park will address the perceived lack of available charging spaces in the UK.  

Franklin Energy has already installed 66 business charging ports (22 kW) across Q-Park sites. The aim is to deploy a total of 500 EVBox BusinessLine and Iqon charging ports at its UK sites by the end of 2022.  

EVBox Group’s charging solutions will allow Franklin Energy and Q-Park to transform the public parking industry as the popularity of EVs and demand for charging ports continues to grow in the UK. 

In 2016, Franklin Energy launched the LiFe charging network, the UK’s first privately funded charging network with publicly accessible charging ports, located in Liverpool city center’s Q-Park. From there, the network expanded to Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield, York, Nottingham, Birmingham, and Belfast. Franklin Energy’s LiFe charging network can be accessed with their app and RFID cards, allowing drivers to search for charging stations and pay for charging sessions.  

EVBox Group’s charging solutions will be instrumental to the rapid growth of Franklin Energy’s LiFe charging network. The adaptable and customizable charging solutions will easily integrate with LiFe’s backend to ensure consistent uptime across the network. 

The scalability of EVBox Group’s charging solutions will enable the innovative partnership of Franklin Energy and Q-Park to continue revolutionizing the public charging industry in the UK and usher in a new era of electric mobility. 

Franklin Energy is a leading electric vehicle charge point operator based in Liverpool and provides charge points to both private and public sector customers. The company operates the LiFe network, which Franklin Energy plans to expand to include 5,000 public charge ports by the end of 2025. 

Q-Park is one of the three leading providers of parking facilities in West Europe, whether wholly-owned, leased, managed or in a hybrid business model. Q-Park is notable for its quality approach and has a portfolio comprising over 547,000 parking spaces in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Great Britain, France, Ireland and Denmark. 

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