Circle K has opened its first ‘EV charging-only’ location in Europe, a convenience store located in Gårda, near central Gothenburg. With ten ultra-fast chargers and a 100 m² (1,076 ft²) convenience store, the location represents the largest EV charging-only convenience location in Circle K’s global network.
Circle K Gårda is positioned alongside Sweden’s E6 motorway, which carries more than 100,000 vehicles daily and that the company says is host to over 10,000 people who work in the vicinity. The store’s ten 400 kW chargers are capable of replenishing an EV’s state of charging 0 to 80 percent in an estimated fifteen minutes. The store itself will offer food and beverage options, offering fresh pizza, kebab, and sausage.
For Circle K, the opening of its Gårda location builds on its recent EV charging hub launch in Järna, Sweden which, combined with its over European locations, brings the total number of chargers in its regional network to more than 3,000. The company more broadly has approximately 17,000 locations worldwide, through which it is aiming to support the transition to electric mobility and drive customer convenience globally.
