BP announced this week that it plans to open a supersized EV charging station at its headquarters in Houston.
The company’s first “Gigahub” station, operated under its BP Pulse charging division, will open to the public on April 2. The site features 24 Tritium 150kW direct current fast charging points and is integrated with the BP Pulse app, which lets EV drivers check availability and connect to WiFi.
"We're excited to bring bp pulse to America's energy corridor and expand our presence in the US public EV-charging market," said Sujay Sharma, CEO of BP Pulse Americas. "This project will bring fast, reliable charging to EV drivers when and where they need it, helping support faster electric-vehicle adoption in the US.”
BP named EV charging as one of its strategic growth engines and has earmarked about $1 billion for building EV charging infrastructure through 2030, with half of that expected to be invested by the end of 2025. It also aims to have 100,000 charging points worldwide by 2030, with the vast majority of those being fast chargers. Currently it has nearly 30,000 around the globe.
The Gigahub is the latest in a series of developments in BP’s EV charging program.
The energy company partnered with car rental company Hertz in late 2022 to build chargers at airports and other high-traffic areas.
In October, BP became the first company ever to buy Tesla hardware for use on its own charging network and has been adding chargers at some of its convenience retail locations. The company’s TravelCenters of America banner has set a target of installing 1,000 EV chargers at its locations by 2028.
London-based BP owns a variety of convenience retailing brands across the U.S. Besides its own branded stores, BP’s umbrella also includes Thorntons, Amoco, Ampm and TravelCenters of America.
