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BP Pulse Network
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BP sites make their money from selling chocolate bars and cokes in the attached shop. That's where they get the benefit from an Evie charger on site.
A lot of service suburban stations are poorly positioned to entice EV owners out of their car to make impulse purchases. Freeway service stations are better positioned providing somewhere to eat a fresh meal outside the car and stretch one's legs while charging for 15-20 minutes and a more akin to a destination in their own right. Suburban land use will have to adapt to multi-use destinations. We are already seeing this with Mirvac and AMP Capital offering destination chargers co-located with their existing retail centres. This speaks to the convenience provided by EVs where charging while doing activities that are already part of your routine is the norm.
In at least one site they will also be trying to entice the all five hydrogen-powered cars in Brisbane to make government-sized choccie purchases
No mention of electric charging joy at the same place.
BOC to build hydrogen refueller at bp truckstop in Lytton | News and insights | Home
Leading gas and engineering company BOC, a Linde company, and bp Australia today announced a new agreement to build a hydrogen refuelling station at the bp truckstop in Lytton, Queensland.
www.bp.com
Exactly. Metro service stations are very unappealing destinations for EV charging because they rarely have a nice-ish place to stop and eat with edible food, tables, chairs and toilets. I guess some do, but the rest are very much designed to not encourage hanging around of any kind. If a metro service station like this has an EV charger, expect the driver to walk away and eat or shop elsewhere. In which case, its adding zero value to the servo operator.
Chuq
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So it looks like this page (and the list of locations quoted in my previous post) has completely disappeared from the BP website...Found this on the BP website. They're partnering with Evie:
Evie Networks | Products and services | Home
bp is pleased to reveal the launch of electric vehicle charging stations* delivered in partnership with Evie Networks, who are building Australia’s largest ultra-fast charging network. The launch is part of a pilot that includes six electric vehicle charging stations across bp sites in Australia.www.bp.com
Chuq
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You underestimate the detective skills of EV charger enthusiasts
Zoltrix77
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I think I have entered the twilight zone. I just drove passed on my way out elsewhere to check it out, I cannot see anything at the location! No painted spots, no chargers, no orange bollards!
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Chuq
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I went to look up the address, and found there were two BPs in Ringwood!
But I figured a local would be able to work it out!
[Edit: Just checked Street View - definitely the first one!]
Chuq
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Zoltrix77
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Oh good, I was just about to check myself into the psychiatric ward!
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Still trying to greenwash themselves as beyond petroleum, it seems...
Yes.
BP Marulan Southbound will be on the EV map shortly. That trenching looked suspicious, and the console attendant confirmed it. "First site in Australia", so I assume that means it's the BP Pulse network. Apparently the installers will be back on Monday.
Marulan northbound too.
And that fencing almost looks like it encompasses the pull-through bay previously used for the air compressor. Charging for caravan and trailer tow vehicles perhaps?
And that fencing almost looks like it encompasses the pull-through bay previously used for the air compressor. Charging for caravan and trailer tow vehicles perhaps?
Chuq
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Definitely not an Evie partnered location either - apart from the fact Evie's name has been scrubbed from BP's website (see my post further up this page), it's too close to Sutton Forest.
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