Aral to build more than 100 Ultra-Fast Charging Points at retail sites in Germany

Bochum, 24 July 2020 – Aral, bp’s market leading fuel retail brand in Germany, is set to invest in a network of ultra-fast charging infrastructure across the country. Following a successful 12-month pilot project at five of […]

District of Columbia Sues BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell for Misleading Public on Climate Change

Originally published on blog of Union of Concerned Scientists. By Elliott Negin Washington, D.C., Attorney General Karl A. Racine sued four of the world’s largest oil and gas companies on Thursday for misleading consumers about the […]

BP Putting $5 Million Into EV Charging Firm FreeWire

The oil giant BP will be investing $5 million into the US-based mobile electric vehicle charging tech firm FreeWire, it has announced.

While the move is notable, you’ll also probably notice that $5 million is essentially just chump change to BP — so the investment probably doesn’t amount to much but PR from the BP side of things. FreeWire, of course, may well find the investment funding quite useful.