Huck’s Convenience Store is partnering with Car IQ, a vehicle payment technology company. The Martin & Bayley employee owned-and-operated chain will now accept Car IQ’s payment method for commercial fleet drivers at all of its 128 convenience stores.
- Huck’s is No. 61 on CSP’s 2023 Top 202 ranking of c-stores by company-owned and -operated store count.
“Working with Car IQ checks a lot of boxes for us,” said Jon Bunch, director of marketing at Huck’s. “We’re always looking to innovate in everything we do. With Car IQ in our corner, we can not only provide an incredible, state-of-the-art, payment platform for our customers, but we can also tap into an enormous amount of new opportunities to create commercial fleet volume at our stations.”
Using unique vehicle ID and data to automatically connect vehicles to merchants, Car IQ lets fleet drivers pay for fuel, toll management, parking, electric-vehicle (EV) charging and more without managing a fleet card program.
Car IQ’s technology allows commercial fleet vehicles to connect directly to Huck’s gas pumps. Fleet drivers will pay through the Car IQ app, eliminating paying with credit cards. Instead, using telematics integration, Car IQ Pay validates the fleet vehicle, authorizes payment and unlocks the pump.
Post-fueling, Car IQ pays the merchant and verifies the fuel was received. Receipts and invoices are sent to a single, central ledger making card management and reconciliation a simple process, according to the San Francisco-based company. The use of unique vehicle data to measure the fuel tank before and after the transaction ensures there is zero risk of fraud or friendly fraud at any point in the payment process, according to Car IQ.
This partnership expands the Car IQ network in a number of key geographic locations, including Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee.
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