France’s Total buys Bollore’s electric charging network in London

PARIS (Reuters) – French oil giant Total said on Tuesday it has agreed to buy London’s largest electric vehicle charging network from French group Bollore .

Total said that under the deal, it would take over management and operation of the network of more than 1,600 on-street charge points.

Total expects the transaction to be closed by the end of the year.

(Reporting by Matthieu Protard, editing by Louise Heavens)