BP Pulse has joined ChargeHub's Passport Hub roaming platform, bringing more than 850 charging points at over 95 locations into the North American roaming network, the two companies said.
The integration lets EV drivers locate, start a session at and pay for charging at BP Pulse sites through the ChargeHub app. The same chargers also become reachable by customers of other e-mobility service providers (eMSPs) and of automakers that are connected to Passport Hub, so a driver whose app or vehicle is already linked to the hub can use BP Pulse equipment without a separate registration.
Scope of the announcement
The companies gave totals for charging points and locations, but not the split between rapid and ultra-rapid hardware. The announcement also leaves open whether all of the 850-plus points are available through every Passport Hub partner. The addition is therefore described at network level rather than as a count of high-power bays.
How the hub model works
Passport Hub is ChargeHub's roaming platform, which connects charging networks with mobility service providers and vehicle manufacturers. Its stated purpose is to simplify access to public charging: drivers keep using the apps and services they already have across several networks instead of registering separately with each charge point operator. A hub arrangement means one connection serves many downstream partners, rather than each network negotiating a standalone link with each provider.
For BP Pulse, the agreement widens the reach of its North American infrastructure by exposing it to a broader set of third-party platforms. For ChargeHub, it adds another charging network to its roaming ecosystem.
Company statements
Sujay Sharma, BP Pulse's vice president of EV charging for the US, presented the deal as a way to reach drivers already on the road through established roaming partners rather than through new accounts. He added that charging networks working more closely together benefits the wider EV ecosystem and is a step toward faster EV adoption.
Simon Ouellette, chief executive of ChargeHub, said that a network of BP Pulse's scale choosing to connect through Passport Hub signals that the hub model has become the standard way roaming is handled in North America. Because the arrangement runs through a hub, he argued, its effect extends beyond the ChargeHub app: eMSPs and automakers in the ecosystem can offer their drivers access to BP Pulse fast chargers over connections they already hold, so one network joining improves the whole ecosystem at once.
Taken together, the announcement adds a large charging network to a roaming platform and gives that network a wider distribution channel, while leaving the technical composition of the added sites and the depth of partner access unspecified.