By Paul Homewood
h/t Ian Magness
The Telegraph appears to have got the wrong end of the stick here. It is not Asda pulling the plug, but BP.
It is BP who operate the chargers, and they have to Asda to rent each bay. I have seen figures of £2K a month mentioned. Given the chargers are slow, it seems unlikely that BP could make any profit all, not least because of the maintenance problems frequently encountered.
It is hard to see otherwise why Asda would turn its nose up at £2K a month.
I can’t verify it, but apparently BP Pulse announced the decision last October:
Unfortunately, after a brilliant 10 years working with Asda to provide EV charging for customers at their stores, our contract will come to an end in October as bp pulse continues to focus on on-the-go charging and rolling out ultra-fast EV charging hubs.
This means that we are no longer maintaining, replacing or starting charging for any Asda units not just in Hereford, but throughout the country.
We understand that this may be inconvenient and we apologise for the frustration.
https://www.speakev.com/threads/asda-and-bp-pulse.180598/
Given that supermarket chargers are usually slow, the income stream for BP must have been tiny. An hour’s charge, for instance, might recoup five quid.
BP’s strategy is now to focus on fast chargers at busy locations, such as service stations.
Not much use for the chap driving home from work, who does not have offstreet parking!
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