BP reopens Great West Road service station as all-electric BP Pulse charging hub
| 21 February 2025, 07:59
BP has converted its service station on the westbound Great West Road in Hammersmith to an all-electric BP Pulse rapid charge hub.
The former BP Cromwell garage, just after the Hammersmith flyover on the A4 out of London, closed in March 2024, and the petrol and diesel pumps were removed to make way for five 300kW rapid charge points, each capable of charging two cars. These are capable of delivering a 100-mile top-up in 15 minutes.
The revamped facility also includes an on-site Marks & Spencer shop offering food and hot drinks. The site is expected to be popular with chauffeurs and private hire operators that make frequent trips from central London to Heathrow via the A4 and M4.
The new Hammersmith hub is one of BP’s first all-electric service stations in London, part of the company’s ambitious £1 billion investment in new EV charging hubs. The BP station at the Talgarth Road flyover, just a mile away, has also recently had 10 fast-charge points installed, while retaining traditional fuel options.
The eastbound service station on the other side of the A4 from the new EV hub will continue to provide petrol and diesel pumps alongside its Londis store and 24-hour off licence.
BP aims to roll out 100,000 EV charging points globally by 2030, with 90% of its new chargers designated as rapid or ultra-fast.
Richard Bartlett, head of BP Pulse, said: “It’s the difference between adding hundreds of miles of range in minutes and having to leave your car overnight on a slow charger. EV is ultimately a scale game, rolling out high-power charging sites with dozens of chargers per site.”
Hammersmith & Fulham borough is already leading the way in EV infrastructure, boasting the densest network of car-charging points in the UK. The borough has seen the number of electric or hybrid cars surge from fewer than 350 in 2017 to 6,500 in 2023. Meanwhile, the number of electric charge points has risen dramatically from 113 to 2,800 over the same period. The borough’s first all-electric charge hub was launched in 2022 on Fulham Road, where a former Shell petrol station was converted into a site featuring nine ultra-rapid 175kW charge points.
