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10/09/2020 07:00

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RNS Number : 5455Y  Good Energy Group PLC  10 September 2020

 

Good Energy Group PLC

 

Appointment of Zap-Map Chairman

 

Good Energy Group PLC, the 100% renewable electricity supplier and innovative
energy services provider ("Good Energy" or "the Company"), today announces
that Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Juliet Davenport, has been appointed
Chairman of Next Green Car Ltd, the parent company of Zap-Map

 

The appointment follows the launch of Zap-Pay, a game changing electric
Vehicle ("EV") charging payment service that launched on 7(th) September. The
new service enables EV drivers to use a single app to pay for charging across
different networks and will be rolled out across UK networks in 2021,
providing unique and unrivalled coverage across the whole country.

 

Juliet Davenport is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Good Energy Group
plc. She currently sits on the board of the Renewable Energy Association,
Innovate UK and is Vice President of the Energy Institute. In addition, she
sits on the advisory boards of leading UK think tanks, including Energy
Systems Catapult, Aurora, Oxford Energy, and LSE's Grantham Institute.

 

Good Energy Group PLC exercised its right to increase its equity stake in
Zap-Map's parent company, Next Green Car Ltd ("NGCL") to 50.1% in June. The
Zap-Map Board now consists of 5 members, including the Co-founders of Zap-Map
Melanie Shufflebotham and Ben Lane alongside Good Energy Group PLC
Non-Executive Director Tim Jones and Head of Investor Relations and Company
Secretarial, Charlie Parry.

 

Juliet Davenport, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Good Energy, said:

"I believe Zap-Map has an integral role to play in decarbonising the transport
sector in Great Britain. It has a clear vision to be provide the technology
and data to make charging simple for drivers and will be the partner of choice
for businesses. I look forward to being part of this journey."

 

Enquiries:

 Good Energy Group PLC                  Via Walbrook PR

 Juliet Davenport, Chief Executive

 Charles Parry, Investor Relations

 Luke Bigwood, Communications

 Investec Bank plc (Nominated Adviser)  Tel: +44 (0) 20 7597 5970

 Jeremy Ellis

 Sara Hale

 Walbrook (Financial PR)                goodenergy@walbrookpr.com

 Nick Rome                              Tel: +44 (0) 20 7933 8783

 Tom Cooper

Notes to editors:

 

About Good Energy www.goodenergy.co.uk

 

Good Energy is a generator and supplier of 100% renewable power and an
innovator in energy services. It currently owns two wind farms, six solar
farms and sources electricity from a community of 1,600 independent UK
generators.

Since it was founded 20 years ago, the company has been at the forefront of
the charge towards a cleaner, distributed energy system. Its mission is to
support UK households and businesses generate, store and share clean power.

 

About Zap-Map

·    Launched in June 2014, with a mission to accelerate the shift to
electric vehicles (EV), Zap-Map is the UK's leading mapping service. The
charging point map, available on desktop and iOS/Android apps, helps EV
drivers to locate available charge points, plan longer journeys and share
updates for the benefit of the EV community.

·    As of September 2020, Zap-Map features over 19,000 charge point
devices in the UK at 12,000 locations. This is an estimated 98% of all public
chargers, of which 70% receive live availability status updates every 5
minutes direct from the network.

·    In the UK, Zap-Map attracts more than 120,000 users per month from a
rapidly growing fleet of around 130,000 pure-EVs (Zap-Map's core user group)
and 180,000 plug-in hybrids (SMMT: July 2020).

 

EV drivers access Zap-Map via a desktop map, using the iOS/android mobile app
or via Google Assistant. As of September 2020, app downloads number more than
250,000.

 

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