As the end of the Oil Age comes into sight, the world’s giant oil companies are not sitting on the sidelines. International oil major bp says it is “pivoting to an integrated energy company,” and has been investing in EV charging infrastructure and other e-mobility products and services. bp currently operates some 22,000 charge points,… Read more »
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The EV Network and bp pulse open public EV charging hub with 180 charging points in the UK
UK charging infrastructure supplier bp pulse, along with The EV Network and events management company NEC Group, have partnered to open a bp pulse Gigahub on the NEC campus at the heart of the UK’s national motorway network. “The strategic placement and impressive scale of this charging hub within the UK’s transport infrastructure offers reassuring… Read more »
bp invests £4 million in fleet optimization software provider Dynamon
US-based venture capital firm bp ventures has made a £4-million investment in Series A funding of UK-based software company Dynamon, which specializes in developing data analytics and simulation tools for commercial transport and logistics companies. The purpose of the funding is to commercialize and scale up Dynamon’s ZERO platform and to expand its operations in… Read more »
bp invests €7.5 million in Service4Charger
As part of a €10-million Series A funding round, bp ventures has invested €7.5 million in Germany-based EV charging infrastructure service provider Service4Charger. Completing the round with an investment of €2.5 million was Smart Energy Innovationsfonds, an arm of Swiss energy company Energie 360°. Through its staff of in-house-trained electrical engineers, Service4Charger offers EV charging… Read more »
bp pulse to expand incentives for Uber drivers to go electric
bp pulse and Uber have signed an agreement to expand their strategic partnership. The two companies began working together in 2021, when bp opened a commercial charging hub on Park Lane in London, and Uber became bp’s first ride-hailing platform partner. Uber says that over 15% of miles driven using its service in London are… Read more »
bp pulse and APCOA Parking collaborate to build European EV charging hubs
bp pulse and APCOA Parking Group have partnered to open more than 100 EV fast charging hubs across Europe.Under the agreement, bp pulse plans to install ultra-fast charging at APCOA car parks in Germany, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland and the UK over the next three years to help expand its charging network in… Read more »
bp pulse to install 900 charge points at Marks & Spencer stores
British retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) and bp pulse have signed an agreement to install 900 EV charge points at around 70 M&S stores across the UK in the next two years. The roll-out will significantly expand bp pulse’s network, growing the UK’s charging network and adding up to 40,000 kW of charging capacity to… Read more »
UK taxi operator Addison Lee to use bp pulse Fleet Charging Hubs
Addison Lee, a London private-hire, courier and black taxi provider, plans to have a fully electric fleet by 2023. The company already has 450 Volkswagen ID.4s operating in London, and hopes to expand this fleet to 1,000 by the end of the year. Now Addison Lee has announced that it will use bp pulse’s fleet… Read more »
bp pulse to build and maintain charging network for Hertz
Oil giant bp is moving into the EV charging space in a comprehensive way—not just adding a few public chargers to its gas stations. In 2021, the company acquired fleet charging and energy management company Amply Power, and rebranded it as bp pulse. The business of helping fleet operators to set up and maintain their… Read more »
Iberdrola and bp to deploy thousands of DC fast charging points in Spain and Portugal
Spanish electric utility Iberdrola and global oil giant bp plan to jointly invest up to €1 billion to deploy about 11,000 fast charging points across Spain and Portugal by 2030. The companies also hope to develop “green hydrogen” production hubs in Spain, Portugal and the UK. Iberdrola already operates more than 2,500 public chargers in… Read more »