{"id":134209,"date":"2022-01-18T00:23:14","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T08:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/for-bp-car-chargers-to-overtake-pumps-in-profitability-race"},"modified":"2022-01-18T00:23:14","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T08:23:14","slug":"for-bp-car-chargers-to-overtake-pumps-in-profitability-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/for-bp-car-chargers-to-overtake-pumps-in-profitability-race","title":{"rendered":"For BP, car chargers to overtake pumps in profitability race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/for-bp-car-chargers-to-overtake-pumps-in-profitability-race2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>LONDON, Jan 14 (Reuters) \u2014 BP says its fast electric vehicle chargers are on the cusp of becoming more profitable than filling up a petrol car.<\/p>\n<p>The milestone will mark a significant moment for BP which wants to shift away from oil and expand operations in power markets and around electric vehicles (EV).<\/p>\n<p>EV charging has for years been a loss-making business as a whole for BP and rivals as they invest heavily in its expansion. The division is not expected to turn profitable before 2025 but on a margin basis, BP\u2019s fast battery charging points, which can replenish a battery within minutes, are nearing levels they see from filling up with petrol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON, Jan 14 (Reuters) \u2014 BP says its fast electric vehicle chargers are on the cusp of becoming more profitable than filling up a petrol car. The milestone will mark a significant moment for BP which wants to shift away from oil and expand operations in power markets and around electric vehicles (EV). EV charging [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":534,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,17,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-sustainability","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/534"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134209\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}