Destination EV charging specialist ElectRoad will make its garden retail debut at Glee 2026, bringing a clear commercial message to the sector: your car park could be one of your most underused revenue-generating assets.

Exhibiting on stand 17J53, ElectRoad will show garden retailers how EV charging can be integrated into the customer journey, creating recurring revenue while supporting longer dwell times, customer loyalty and future-facing sustainability goals.

Unlike traditional Charge Point Operators, ElectRoad works in partnership with retailers, enabling them to retain ownership of their charging infrastructure and customer relationship while ElectRoad manages installation, monitoring, maintenance, payment administration and 24-hour support.

Founder Richard Seppings believes garden centres are particularly well suited to destination charging.

“Garden centres already have the ingredients that make EV charging work: accessible car parks, customers who naturally spend time on site, cafés and restaurants, and an experience-led retail environment,” he says.

“The opportunity is not simply to install chargers. It is to make existing space work harder commercially, while providing customers with a service they will increasingly expect.”

ElectRoad typically recommends 50–60kW charging for destination environments, balancing charging performance with infrastructure requirements and commercial return. Intelligent load management, solar integration and battery storage can also help businesses make better use of existing electrical capacity.

Richard adds: “Glee is the ideal place for us to start this conversation. We want retailers to come and talk to us about their sites, their existing power capacity and what they want to achieve commercially. EV charging does not need to be complicated, and it certainly should not be viewed simply as a sustainability cost.”

Meet ElectRoad at Glee 2026, NEC Birmingham, 8th - 10th September, on stand 17J53, or find out more at www.electroad.uk