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Now playing Next Business TotalEnergies to partner with SSE on new British EV charging company French oil giant TotalEnergies has announced that it is partnering with SSE, a UK-based power company in order to launch an electric vehicle (EV) charging company called Source, which will operate in Britain and Ireland. 16/07/2024
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