雪佛龙为加油站提供电动汽车充电服务

中国石化新闻网讯 据世界石油网站5月20日旧金山报道 大型石油公司投资电动汽车业务的情况甚微。

据周一的一份声明称，雪佛龙公司正在其家乡加利福尼亚州的几个加油站提供电动汽车充电端口。位于洛杉矶和旧金山湾地区五个车站的快速充电点正由EVgo进行安装，EVgo拥有一个跨越34个美国州的汽车充电网络。

虽然雪佛龙的重点显然仍然放在石油和天然气上，但随着电池燃料汽车价格的下降，它正在跟随行业的某种趋势。今年1月，壳牌同意收购Greenlots，这将使其成为第一家拥有美国充电服务的石油巨头。

雪佛龙拥有和运营的汽车加油站总经理Alice Flesher表示：“我们一直在探索如何改进我们的产品，帮助改善消费者体验，努力保持在西海岸的首选品牌选择。”

11月，雪佛龙是电动汽车充电网络最大运营商之一ChargePoint的投资者之一。

不过，雪佛龙的举措似乎并没有对加州的汽车充电需求产生多大影响。截至去年年底，该州共登记了273656辆电动汽车，几乎占美国总数的一半。

王磊 摘译自 世界石油

原文如下：

Chevron now offering electric car charging at gas stations

There has been an ever so slight shift in Big oil towards the electric car business.

Chevron Corp. is offering electric car charging ports at a handful of gasoline stations in its home state of California, according to a statement Monday. The fast-charging spots, located at five stations in the Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay areas, are being installed by EVgo, which has a car charging network that spans 34 U.S. states.

While Chevron’s focus clearly remains on oil and gas, it’s following a trend of sorts in the industry as the price of battery-fueled cars shrinks. In January, Royal Dutch Shell Plc agreed to buy Greenlots, which will make it the first oil major to own a U.S.-based charging service, according to BloombergNEF.

“We are always exploring how to evolve our offering, helping improve the consumer experience and working to remain the preferred brand choice on the West Coast,” said Alice Flesher, general manager of Chevron’s company-owned and operated motor fuel stations.

In November, Chevron was among the investors in ChargePoint Inc., one of the largest operators of electric-vehicle charging networks.

Still, Chevron’s moves don’t look to make much of a dent in the demand for car-charging in California. By the end of last year, the state had registered 273,656 electric cars, almost half the total number in the U.S.