Wawa, a convenience store and gas station chain, recently open its 150th store with Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations.
The company offers EV chargers with both CCS and CHAdeMO connectors through providers like EVgo, ChargePoint, and Electrify America, and offers more Tesla Superchargers than any other retail chain in North America.
In 2017, Wawa hosted its first EV charging station. It has since hosted more than 6 million charging sessions across its network.
“It gives us great pride to cut a ribbon on our 150th store offering EV charging, faster than we anticipated, and to continue to grow the number of stores we have hosting EV charging,” Brian Schaller, Wawa president, said. “We’re also thrilled to spread our wings in the electric vehicle space by testing our first electric truck with Penske that will allow us to learn more about our continued efforts to have a positive impact on our EV journey.”
The company also recently partnered with Penske Logistics to launch its first battery-electric truck.
The partners will operate a Freightliner eCascadia battery-electric truck as part of a six-month pilot program to learn more about this emerging technology. They then will consider expanding delivery fleets and other future application.