Russian start-up aims to bring mobile EV superchargers to London

FILE PHOTO: An electric vehicle is plugged into a mobile charging station L-Charge in Barcelona, Spain October 12, 2021. Picture taken October 12, 2021. L-Charge/Handout via REUTERS

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian start-up L-charge plans to bring its mobile superchargers for electric vehicles to London in 2022, hoping to benefit from growing demand and the limited existing charging infrastructure, the company's founder told Reuters.

The firm's truck-mounted chargers run on liquefied natural gas (LNG), hydrogen or a mixture of the two and do not need to be connected to a power grid. They take 5-7 minutes to charge 80% of an electric vehicle's battery, Dmitry Lashin said in an interview.