BP wants to buy a network of charging stations for electric vehicles from Tesla

According to Bloomberg, BP is willing to acquire the business along with its employees and promises to allocate $1 billion through 2030 for further network expansion.

Half of the investment will be used to install more than 3 thousand charging stations throughout the country. Additionally, as part of its strategy, BP intends to build 12 large-scale charging centers called Gigahubs.

“If there are real estate partners looking for someone to call, they can pick up the phone and call me or find me on LinkedIn,” Sujay Sharma, CEO of the electric vehicle charging infrastructure provider’s U.S. division, told Bloomberg. BP pulse.

According to the agency, the British energy giant has become more active after the Tesla events. In April, Elon Musk’s company cut about 10% of its staff, including almost the entire Supercharger team: about 500 people, including senior project manager Rebecca Tinucci.

Sharma hinted that BP could hire former Tesla team members and emphasized that the company is “actively looking for good talent.”

In the midst of this news, Elon Musk wrote on his X account that the American electric car manufacturer will spend more than $500 million to expand its network and install “thousands” of new fast charging stations.

At the beginning of the month, the billionaire, on the contrary, wrote that Tesla would slow the expansion of the Supercharger network and concentrate on developing existing points.