EV Chargepoint Provider: Q-Park

British Parking Awards 2023

Q-Park is a parking infrastructure owner and operator with more than 640,000 spaces in over 3,300 commercial car parks across seven Western European countries. Q-Park sites tend to be located in the heart of cities. In the UK company has a strong presence in London, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Leeds and Manchester.

Q-Park mainly operates off-street parking spaces which it either owns or runs long-term leases from public and private landlords.

Q-Park recognises that the world around it is changing and that it, therefore, must change the way its parking facilities are operated to keep pace with the way city centres are evolving. The company is seeking to do this by working with a range of partners who provide expertise in areas such as zero-emission mobility.

With bans soon to be in place on the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles in the UK and across Europe, Q-Park feels it is imperative that new electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure is installed so they were best placed to meet an expected upsurge in charging demands.

Q-Park has signed a deal with EB Charging for the installation of over 600 new EV charging points across the country with an investment figure of over £3m. The addition of these chargers adds to Q-Park’s already expansive network of city centre charging infrastructure in the country, numbering over 250 public EV charging points across its asset portfolio.

Q-Park has been creating Sustainable Mobility Hubs, facilities that see parking facilities transformed into instruments that help realise urban accessibility, sustainability and liveability. In addition to car parking, Q-Park is also aiming to provide access for shared mobility schemes, electric vehicle charging, last mile delivery and retail space all within their safe and secure parking facilities. The Park Lane Mobility Hub in Central London is a large car park underneath Hyde Park. As well as parking, tenants at the site include BP, DPD, Enterprise, UFODrive and ByBox.

A number of mobility hub schemes are being implemented at other locations in London, with bicycle parking being installed at Oxford Street and Soho.

John Denton, head of commercial at Q-Park UK and Ireland says: “Liveability in urban areas is vitally important, and we are delighted to help support more emission-free miles being driven with good quality charging infrastructure. Our comprehensive EV charging point roll-out has been progressing throughout the country in 2023 and it’s especially pleasing that we can expand our offering into cities where previously we didn’t have any.”