The World's First Portable EV Charging Infrastructure for Shared, Public Use

­We’re getting ever closer to defeating the dreaded “range anxiety” for EVs, and while governments across the globe are committing umpteen resources towards that end, the bigger contribution will – arguably – come from private industry.

The GoHub, the world’s first portable EV charging infrastructure for shared, public use, is a huge step in the right direction.

We’ve already seen comprehensive charging stations (including Tesla’s charging network of over 25,000 fast chargers worldwide), but what we haven’t seen is something as small and accessible as ZipCharge’s Go portable charger or a hub incorporating multiple devices for public use.

The ZipCharge Go is a miniature charging platform, about the size and configuration as a suitcase, and it provides 20-40 miles of range (depending on the capacity and vehicle) in about 30-60 minutes (depending on capacity and temperature).

The GoHub ups the ante by providing five portable charging units for the single-sided version and 10 units for the double-sided one.

Apparently, this allows users to purchase the Go, access it via subscription, or rent one through the GoHub, and the entire hub is small enough to fit in a single parking spot.

Users can reserve a unit, before pulling up, retrieving their Go, and wheeling it over to their car. Pricing runs £1, €1, or $1 for a 4kWh charge with no connection fee, and the company claims it’s three times cheaper and three times faster to install versus fixed on-street level 2 chargers.

ZipCharge Co-founder, Jonathan Carrier is very confident about the GoHub’s place in the market:

“We predict our portable powerbanks will outsell fixed home chargers by 2030, in the same way mobile phones overtook landlines. That’s because the Go can be used for more than charging EV charging, it’s a portable energy storage device for personal energy management. We have the bold ambition to deploy 100,000 GoHubs globally by 2030….”

If even half those hubs materialize, it could strike a huge blow against global “range anxiety.”