⚡GM drops Brightdrop and Vietnam electrifies

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Charging Station of the Week 🔌

BP Pulse opened its latest US charging hub near Houston's Hobby airport this week:

📍Located 1.5 miles from HOU, the site features 40 ultrafast electric vehicle charging bays and is now open to the public
🔌 40 × 150 kW chargers from Tritium
To celebrate, bp pulse will hold a launch event offering drivers the opportunity to charge their EV for $0.01/kWh on 11/12*

This launch expands bp pulse's presence in Houston following the opening of their first US EV charging hub at bp's Houston headquarters in 2024, and builds on plans to install charging hubs near airport locations in collaboration with Hertz.

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Vietnam electrifies⚡️: Vinfast is the first national auto brand of Vietnam and part of Vingroup, a major conglomerate in the country. Just a few years after going all-in on EV's the company has now hit a milestone of selling 100,000 electric vehicles in the country in the first 9 months of 2025. This now makes Vinfast the best-selling automotive brand in Vietnam - gas or electric. (Link)
OCPP 2.never? 🤔: OCPP 2.0.1 was released in 2020. Five years later, in Q4 2025, CPMS provider Monta estimates that industry adoption is still below 1%. The protocol promised major improvements to the EV charging experience, yet industry adoption has lacked. One comment here rings true to us: "Some EV DC charger OEMs struggle with software — it's simply not part of their DNA. As a result, they lag behind, and without their active evolution, there's no real path to achieving OCPP 2.0.1 adoption at scale." If you're one of those charger OEMs - don't fret. Check out Open Source solutions like EVerest and our post ⚡ Why charging sucks - and what to do about it 😲 (Link to Monta post). And if you are a CPO, join their CPO join their EVerest CPO Forum (link).
GM drops Brightdrop 🚐: General Motors is abandoning its BrightDrop electric delivery vans, just four years after introducing the vehicles based on its "Ultium" battery platform. (Link) There were many reactions to this step, but this analysis by Tony Nisam (on LinkedIn) rings true to us:

Most-clicked link last post: Was Jaap Burger's Comparison of European V2G offerings (Link)

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