Go Eve secures £750,000 in funding to enhance DockChain EV fleet charging system

Posted November 13, 2026 by Charles Morris & filed under Fleets and Infrastructure, Newswire, The Infrastructure.

Go Eve, a joint University College Dublin (UCD) and Imperial College London spin-off company, has secured £750,000 in funding from Innovate UK and private investors for an 18-month project to develop the next version of DockChain, its patented distributed DC fast charging technology.

DockChain uses a distributed charging model, under which a single power module can distribute power sequentially to multiple EVs, as opposed to an all-in-one model, which features a separate DC charger at every parking bay. A distributed charging model can reduce the number of chargers and the amount of electrical infrastructure required, potentially accelerating deployment.

The new project will focus on developing custom hardware, firmware and software to improve DockChain’s control over starting, stopping and restarting charging sessions. Existing DockChain units will be upgradeable to incorporate the new technology.

The project will also investigate how the technology could support bidirectional charging and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) services in the future.

Go Eve’s engineering team in Wolverhampton, England, will lead development and testing, with the aim of delivering a production-ready version of DockChain to its manufacturing partners in 2027.

Go Eve is inviting fleet operators to discuss potential trial sites, particularly those where vehicles share limited charging capacity, have different departure times and charging priorities, or remain parked long enough to offer V2G revenue opportunities.

“The ability to make better use of existing chargers, parking bays and available grid capacity will be increasingly important in managing the EV transition,” said John Goodbody, co-founder and Marketing Director of Go Eve. “We’ve already shown that fleets can serve more bays without multiplying the number of fast chargers. That’s where DockChain delivers immediate cost and deployment benefits. Working with fleets has also taught us that vehicles don’t always behave as expected at the charging connector. Some EVs need another attempt to start; others can be reluctant to restart charging after power flow is paused for grid or priority reasons. This project addresses those practical issues so we can make DockChain more reliable and flexible.”

Source: Go Eve

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