Circle K wants chargers at 200 sites across North America by 2024
Building on its leadership in Scandinavia, the company’s U.S. EV journey underway at Circle K store in South Carolina.
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. has begun deployment of Circle K fast chargers in the U.S., building on its leadership in electric mobility solutions to customers in Europe. The company plans to bring EV charging units to 200 Circle K and Couche-Tard stores across North America over the next two years.
Couche-Tard activated its first U.S. site with high power DC fast charging under the Circle K banner at a new prototype Circle K store in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The Rock Hill site will be used to better understand U.S. customer needs, closely tracking driver usage and the resulting impacts on instore foot traffic.
Following its successful rollout in Europe, the company plans to deploy its own charging assets to serve this growing EV customer base and continue to partner with other participants in the emerging e-mobility economy.
“Adding EV charging expands the mobility solutions available to our drivers, giving them a great new reason to visit us and enjoy all we have to offer both in our stores and on our forecourts. Having established Circle K as a leading destination for EV charging in Norway, we are excited to build off our ongoing expansion in Europe to now bring this capability to our North American Circle K and Couche-Tard customers,” said Louise Warner, Couche-Tard's Senior Vice President, Global Fuels.
The company is a leader in European fast charging with a network of more than 1,000 chargers covering more than 230 Circle K stores in Norway, Sweden and Denmark and recently started deployment in other European locations.
“EVs represent 90% of all new passenger cars sold today in Norway. While development in North America is in relatively early stages by comparison, EV acceptance is growing here as manufacturers introduce innovative offerings that meet the unique needs of American and Canadian drivers and infrastructure improves,” said Snorre Skeie, Couche-Tard's Director of eMobility-North America.
Couche-Tard is a global leader in convenience and fuel retail, operating in 26 countries and territories, with more than 14,100 stores, of which approximately 10,800 offer road transportation fuel.
