BP Pulse has joined ChargeHub's Passport Hub, bringing more than 850 charging points across over 95 locations into the North American roaming network.
The integration lets EV drivers find, access and pay for charging at BP Pulse sites through the ChargeHub app. The chargers also become reachable by users of other e-mobility service providers (eMSPs) and by automakers connected to Passport Hub, so the access extends past ChargeHub's own customer base.
Passport Hub is ChargeHub's roaming platform, which links charging networks with mobility service providers and vehicle manufacturers. It is built to spare drivers from registering separately with each charge point operator, letting them use apps and accounts they already hold across multiple networks.
For BP Pulse, the agreement widens the reach of its North American infrastructure by placing it on a broader set of third-party platforms. For ChargeHub, it adds another network to the roaming ecosystem the company has assembled.
Sujay Sharma, BP Pulse's vice president of EV charging for the US, described the deal as a way to open the network to drivers through trusted roaming partners, adding that charging networks working better together benefits the wider EV ecosystem and is a step toward accelerating adoption. ChargeHub chief executive Simon Ouellette said a network of BP Pulse's scale choosing to connect through Passport Hub signals that the hub model has become the way roaming is done in North America. Because the arrangement is hub-based, he argued, the effect reaches beyond the ChargeHub app: eMSPs and automakers in the ecosystem can offer their drivers access to BP Pulse fast chargers over connections they already have, and the whole ecosystem improves when a major network joins.
The announcement did not specify how many of the 850-plus points are rapid or ultra-rapid chargers, or whether all of them are available through every Passport Hub partner.