Trojan Home: Shared Charging for a Fairer EV Transition

Pavements are shared. Roads are shared. We don’t get our own personal postboxes, bus stops, or lampposts. Shared public infrastructure is one of the foundations of community life – it just makes sense. These are assets that are used by all of us and benefit us all.   

 
We, along with many councils, believe the same principle should apply to EV charging on our streets. Infrastructure should be fair, shared, and deliver benefits to everyone. 

There are many public charging solutions, but when it comes to home-connected, on-street charging, options are far fewer for residents without a driveway.  

A new class of on-street charging is now emerging, Cross-Pavement Charging.  Cross-Pavement Chargers allow EV drivers without driveways the opportunity to benefit from domestic tariffs, even if they don’t have a driveway.  Whilst some of these options, like pavement channels, generally only benefit the homeowner and are rarely shared, other solutions like Trojan Home are designed to be shared from day one and provide the benefit of lower cost charging to the many people who can’t charge directly outside their home. 

This helps provide a charging network on our streets that is lower cost, scalable, fair, and built for the future. Fair access to charging is the cornerstone of a successful EV transition. If it doesn’t work for everyone, it doesn’t work. 

EV drivers today face very different charging experiences depending on where they park at home. Those with driveways can install home-connected charge points, benefit from low-cost domestic tariffs, and save thousands of pounds over time. 

For the 10 million UK households without driveways, charging is often more expensive and less convenient, with many residents reliant on public networks, where costs can exceed those of petrol or diesel. 

The result is a growing driveway divide, where access to affordable charging is dictated not by a driver’s commitment to sustainability, but by whether they have a driveway. This is neither fair nor scalable if the UK is to achieve mass EV adoption. 

At Trojan Energy, we believe that charging infrastructure on public streets should be shared by design. Sharing charge points lowers costs, lowers disruption, makes better use of limited space, and creates a level playing field for all drivers. It also protects councils from the long-term cost of managing a fragmented patchwork of private installations. 

This vision is at the heart of Trojan Home, our latest innovation and the world’s first cross-pavement charging solution designed for sharing from day one. It delivers the benefits of ultra-low-cost, home-connected charging to everyone. 

Trojan Home delivers fairness, safety, and scalability. It is the only cross-pavement charger to offer: 
– Home tariff charging anywhere on the Trojan network – enjoy your own low-cost home tariff, even if you can’t park outside your home. 
– Certified metering for precise per-kWh billing – enabling fair, accurate billing and sharing between users. 
– PAYG charging guaranteed at 10% below the local ZapMap Price Index – ensuring those PAYG users sharing the charger always get a fair deal. 
– Shared public spaces, secure private spaces – no need to enter someone else’s property to plug in, everything is on the pavement. 

A recent IPSOS survey, one of the largest of its kind in the UK on parking and charging habits, revealed that just 27% of people can park outside their home every day, and 50% can do so a few times a week. For everyone else, parking is unpredictable. 

Trojan Home tackles this head-on. It lets customers charge at their home tariff anywhere on the Trojan network. So even if you can’t park outside your door, you can plug in at a nearby Trojan charger and still enjoy the savings of your domestic rate. 

Councils across the UK have been clear: they want charging solutions that serve whole communities, not just the lucky few. Single-user cross-pavement chargers work for a single household, but quickly become unworkable when a whole street requests them.  

Shared infrastructure cuts costs, prevents street clutter, and delivers benefits for every resident. Trojan Home aligns perfectly with this vision. We’re giving councils a safe, fair, and scalable way to build EV charging networks that are truly future-proof. 

The EV transition isn’t just about vehicles or technology; it’s about how we shape our streets and communities for the future. 

By installing an EV charger which is designed to be shared, progressive councils can unlock the benefits of the energy transition for everyone, not just the few, leaving no-one behind.  At the same time, a shared cross-pavement charger results in a lower impact on our streetscape and ultimately a lower cost for all. 

Shared networks like Trojan Home are the future. They are fairer for all residents and drivers, cost-efficient for councils, and aligned with national net-zero ambitions. 

If you’re a council leader, policymaker, or resident, now is the time to set the right precedent. Choose shared charging options that serve everyone. 

Discover Trojan Home and help make shared cross-pavement charging a reality in your community: trojan.energy/trojan-home