BP Pulse has joined ChargeHub's Passport Hub, adding more than 850 charging points at over 95 locations to the North American roaming platform.
The integration lets drivers find, access and pay for charging at BP Pulse sites through the ChargeHub app. The same sites become available to other e-mobility service providers (eMSPs) and automakers connected to Passport Hub, so those partners can offer access through the apps and services their drivers already use.
What the announcement covers, and what it leaves open
The companies disclosed the number of charging points and locations but did not specify how many of them are rapid or ultra-rapid chargers. Nor did they state whether all 850-plus points are reachable through every Passport Hub partner. The practical reach of the deal therefore depends on how each eMSP and automaker configures access for its own customers.
Passport Hub is ChargeHub's roaming platform, connecting charging networks with mobility service providers and vehicle manufacturers. Its stated purpose is to simplify access to public charging by letting drivers use existing accounts and apps across multiple networks instead of registering separately with each charge point operator.
Both sides frame the deal as ecosystem scale
For BP Pulse, the agreement widens the reach of its North American charging infrastructure by placing it on a broader set of third-party platforms. For ChargeHub, it adds another charging network to the roaming ecosystem the hub is built around.
Sujay Sharma, BP Pulse's VP of EV Charging for the US, said the partnership expands access to the bp pulse network through trusted roaming partners for drivers on the road. Networks working better together benefits the entire EV ecosystem, he added, and is an important step toward accelerating EV adoption.
Simon Ouellette, CEO of ChargeHub, said a network like bp pulse choosing to connect through Passport Hub is a strong signal that the hub model has become the way roaming gets done in North America. Because it is a hub, he argued, the impact goes beyond the ChargeHub app: eMSPs and automakers in the ecosystem can now offer their drivers access to bp pulse fast chargers through connections they already have, so the arrival of one major network improves the whole ecosystem at once.
Why roaming arrangements draw attention
Public charging is operated by a large number of separate networks, and roaming agreements are one route to reducing the fragmentation drivers encounter. For an operator, connecting to a hub is a way to reach third-party demand without negotiating an individual agreement with every service provider and automaker; for a driver, the test is whether a given site appears in the app already on the phone and whether payment works without a new account. Those details sit with each partner integration rather than with this announcement.