Recently, bp announced a new strategic partnership with Volkswagen, which will promote the popularity of electric vehicles in Europe by deploying public electric vehicle charging piles. The goal is to establish a fast charging network in Europe by 2024. "Seamless" charging experience.
It is reported that the two companies have launched the first public fast charging pile in Düsseldorf, Germany, on May 1, which is the starting point of the two parties' plans to deploy up to 4,000 charging piles in Germany and the United Kingdom in the next 24 months.
It is understood that bp has recently made frequent efforts in the field of electric vehicle charging: in March, it announced that it will invest 1 billion pounds in the next 10 years to promote the construction of charging infrastructure in the UK, and triple the number of charging infrastructure in the country by 2030; Signed a cooperation agreement with Tritium, an Australian charging pile company, to use the latter's charging facilities and services to lay the foundation for the construction of bp's global electric vehicle charging network - Tritium will provide bp with nearly 1,000 charging piles in the UK, Australia and New Zealand markets.
Meanwhile, Shell has entered into a new partnership with the Swiss ABB Group, which will provide Shell with an "end-to-end" AC and DC charging portfolio, including AC wall mounts for home, workplace and retail installations. Charging piles, and Terra360, a fast charging pile suitable for multiple scenarios.
Through this partnership, both parties will help address two challenges in increasing EV adoption, namely the availability of charging facilities and the speed of charging.
It is reported that Shell aims to operate more than 500,000 charging piles globally by 2025 and 2.5 million by 2030.
Earlier this year, Shell built a charging center in London, England, with nine ultra-fast chargers that can recharge a car by about 80 percent in 30 minutes. At the end of March, Shell signed a global strategic cooperation agreement with BYD, aiming to improve the user charging experience of the latter's pure electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. The two parties will first cooperate in China and Europe, and then expand to other countries around the world. country and region. Shell said that China is a global leader in the manufacture and use of electric vehicles and needs to build more charging infrastructure to meet the growing demand for charging.
In fact, the traditional energy giants that started out by developing oil and gas have already entered the electric vehicle and related industries. From investing in battery metals to building charging facilities, to developing lubricants, refrigerants for electric vehicles, and the current industry "new favorite" all-solid-state batteries, traditional energy giants represented by bp, Shell, and ExxonMobil are experimenting in many fields. water.
