The mobile charging units can be taken to areas where demand is greatestBP has struck its first deal in the electric car market, investing $5 million in a company that makes mobile chargers and unveiling plans to roll them out at its forecourts in Britain. The oil major said that it had taken an equity stake in Freewire Technologies, an American start-up that makes fast-charging units mounted on wheels, and would install the first of these devices in London shortly. Most electric vehicle chargers are fixed to the ground, requiring companies to commit to the installation cost based on estimates of likely demand in an area. Anecdotal reports have suggested that some early public installations were never used. Freewire’s Mobi Charger units, which resemble an ice-cream trolley, can be wheeled away and plugged in at a new…

Source: The Times January 30, 2018 17:03 UTC