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For oil giant Shell, service station means electric cars, too

Jed Kim Nov 27, 2017
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For oil giant Shell, service station means electric cars, too

Jed Kim Nov 27, 2017
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Running cars on something other than gas stands to greatly reduce the world’s need for oil. That has energy company Shell moving into the electric vehicle charging business. On top of last month’s purchase of major European electric vehicle charging network NewMotion, it’s got a new partnership to put high speed EV chargers in dozens of Shell stations across Europe.

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