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BP PLC on Thursday said its electric vehicle charging business BP pulse signed an exclusive agreement with Marks & Spencer Group PLC to bring EV charge points to 70 M&S UK stores over the next two years.
The London-based oil and gas company said the roll-out of high-speed charge points would significantly expand BP pulse’s network, adding up to 40,000 kilowatt-hours of EV charging capacity to existing UK infrastructure, via installing up to 900 bp pulse charging points.
A combination of ultra-fast and rapid charge points will be installed at over 150kW and 50kW respectively to provide appropriate speed for each need.
There are 15 rapid charge points already live and open to the public at M&S Maidstone Eclipse in Kent and M&S Southgate in London branches, following successful pilot installations.
‘This is exactly the kind of collaboration the UK needs to help accelerate the transition to lower carbon transport and we‘