The EV charging business unit of BP, BP Pulse is keen to expand its network in the United States following Tesla’s disbanding of its Supercharger team, Reuters has reported. Last year, British petroleum giant BP has announced that its EV charging business, BP Pulse will purchase Tesla Superchargers for deployment on an independent EV charging network.
The deal with BP Pulse is part of the British petroleum firm’s plans to invest up to US$1 billion (RM4.75 billion) in EV charging operations across the United States by 2030, and BP Pulse has installed more than 27,000 charging points to date, with 100,000 charging points targeted for roll-out by 2030, according to BP.
“We are aggressively looking to acquire real estate to scale our network, which is a heightened focus following the recent Tesla announcement,” a BP spokesperson said in a statement, according to Reuters.
This comes after Tesla was revealed to be laying off more than 10% of its global workforce, with the job cuts to affect around 14,000 persons, according to the New York Times last month.
Last October, BP placed an order for Tesla chargers worth US$100 million (RM475 million), though BP itself had also cut its EV charging business workforce by 10% and withdrew from several markets as commercial EV fleets did not grow as rapidly as predicted, Reuters cited company sources as saying.
These will be 250 kW DC chargers branded as BP Pulse units, and will use the Tesla Magic Dock that is compatible with both Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) and Combined Charging System (CCS) charging connectors, according to the report.
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What about the Supercharging network in Malaysia? Our PMX really kena kau kau from Ee Lon Ma this time. I wonder if Tesla does not fulfill the requirement for expanding the Supercharger Network will Tesla would need AP to bring their cars in.
Pity those who bought Model 3 and Model Y which also kena kau kau from Ee Lon Ma. The Supercharging network is the very thing that sets Tesla apart from other EV manufacturers.
only an idiot would trust elon. its such a shame that PMX and TZA ended up becoming musk simps.
Uh oh, pro-palestine gonna start bashing….bye!
What’s the problem, it’s not the company went bankrupt or what.
BP just purchase Tesla Supercharger subsidiary, business as usual, like Sime Darby purchase UMW Toyota.