Shell swoops to acquire UK's largest electric vehicle charging network Ubitricity

Cecilia Keating
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Acquisition would see Shell add Ubitricity's 2,700 on-street EV charge points in the UK to its broader network of forecourt and motorway service station charging infrastructure

Shell is wading further into the electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure space, having agreed to snap up the UK's largest EV charge point company Ubitricity, in move that would add thousands of charging points...

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