Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. has opened an electric-vehicle (EV) charging site at its Circle K convenience store in Wytheville, Virginia, along Interstate 81 at State Highway 121. This site is the first to be equipped with ABB E-mobility’s U.S.-manufactured Terra 184 DC fast chargers, which provide up to 180 kW power to drivers.
The Wytheville Circle K is the latest of 200 EV charging sites across North America that Couche-Tard plans to introduce by 2024. With more than 1,400 fast chargers available at 300 locations in Norway, Sweden and Denmark, Circle K is a major public EV charging services provider in Europe.
“With demonstrated experience in EV charging in our European markets and a coast-to-coast network of well-located stores here in the U.S., we are well positioned to participate in the accelerated growth of EV charging infrastructure across the country and meet the evolving needs of our customers,” said Snorre Skeie, director of e-mobility for North America at Circle K. “We are very pleased to make it easier for EV customers in Wytheville and throughout southwestern Virginia by filling this gap in charging availability along the I-77/81 corridor, and we are proud to celebrate this opening with ABB E-mobility as they roll out their first Terra 184 chargers manufactured here in the U.S.”
ABB E-mobility’s Terra 184 “all-in-one” EV chargers, manufactured in South Carolina, are Energy Star certified.
“This project marks a new milestone for ABB E-mobility with the delivery of U.S. manufactured chargers to Circle K,” said Bob Stojanovic, ABB E-mobility’s senior vice president for North America.
ABB E-mobility’s portfolio of EV charging solutions includes smart chargers for the home, high-power chargers for highway stations, solutions for the electrification of fleets and charging for electric buses and trucks. It has sold more than 1 million EV chargers across more than 85 markets, including more than 50,000 DC fast chargers, it said.
- Alimentation Couche-Tard is No. 2 on CSP’s 2023 Top 40 update to the 2022 Top 202 ranking of convenience store chains by store count.
Laval, Quebec-based Couche-Tard’s 24-country global c-store network includes more than 7,100 in the United States, primarily under the Circle K and Holiday Stationstores banners. Couche-Tard’s total worldwide network consists of approximately 14,300 mostly Circle K-branded c-stores.
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