AMPLY Power is becoming part of bp’s global electrification brand, bp pulse. bp acquired the fleet electric vehicle (EV) charging and energy management provider in December 2021. AMPLY Power says it has seen continued growth as it helps fleets accelerate the transition to EVs.
The decision to roll out the bp pulse brand follows the brand launch in the United Kingdom in 2020. In Germany, bp’s charging solutions business operates as Aral pulse. Worldwide, bp pulse operates around 16,000 charge points, with an ambition to install 100,000 by 2030.
AMPLY was built on the idea of making EV adoption easy for fleets that operate trucks, transit and school buses, vans, and light-duty vehicles through proprietary charge management software and its charging-as-a-service model. AMPLY’s founder and CEO, Vic Shao will become president of bp pulse’s fleet division in the Americas.
“We are committed to growing our next-generation mobility business in the U.S. and this is a significant step,” says Dave Lawler, chairman and president of bp America. “Introducing the bp pulse brand will bring continued investment across America to help bp and the nation make forward progress on electrification.”
“AMPLY is one of the most important acquisitions we’ve made as we scale up our EV charging solutions, products and services globally,” comments Richard Bartlett, senior vice president for bp pulse. “We are already integrating Vic and the team with the bp pulse global team, and they will bring so much thanks to their incredible expertise in fleet, software and charge management. bp pulse is one of bp’s priority growth areas that will deliver and symbolize bp’s transition to an integrated energy company as we continue our journey to net zero by 2050.”
The bp pulse team, now including AMPLY’s expertise, is setting its sights on introducing AMPLY’s Omega charge management software and charging-as-a-service (CaaS) model to new geographies. By using Omega and CaaS, fleets can optimize EV charging costs and vehicle utilization, improving the fleet’s overall resilience and reliability. In addition, the team is looking to bring bp pulse’s expertise in public charging from Europe to North America.
“As the founder of AMPLY Power, I’m enormously proud of my team’s journey from the seedling of an idea to becoming a key facilitator in bp’s overall global electrification goals and seeing our rebrand to bp pulse,” adds Vic Shao, founder of AMPLY Power and president of bp pulse’s fleet division. “There’s a fantastic mission here accelerating the decarbonization of mobility at scale as quickly as we can. Managing a fleet’s charging operations is critical to the success of any electric fleet. Joining the bp pulse brand will unlock our full potential to support and accelerate electrification in the U.S. and beyond.”
In addition to its ambition to install 100,000 charge points by 2030, bp pulse has announced ambitions to install charging infrastructure across Europe as well as Australia and New Zealand. A £1 billion commitment to the United Kingdom and a €1 billion joint venture with Iberdrola in Spain and Portugal were announced earlier this year. The company is in a joint venture with ride hailing company Didi in China and is part of a joint venture, Jio-bp, in India.
