Volvo and Starbucks are joining forces to offer electric vehicle owners a different charging experience. The two powerful companies have announced plans to install electric vehicle charging stations at several Starbucks cafes in the United States as part of a pilot program. About 60 chargers will be installed at 15 Starbucks cafes on the roads between Denver and Seattle in the USA.
Volvo tells Autoblog that the chargers will be a homogeneous mix of ChargePoint DC chargers, consisting of 62.5 kW Express 250 units and Express Plus units capable of delivering up to 350 kW. All chargers will have both CHAdeMO and CCS plugs.
Every 161 km there will be a Starbucks with an electric vehicle charging station
Starbucks equipped with a charger that will be placed approximately 161 km apart will be the location of most electric vehicles on the road. will match its capacity. Volvo and Starbucks state that everyone can use these charging stations and standard charging fees will apply, and Volvo vehicles can benefit from these stations at a discount.
The locations of the charging stations included in the project can be found in the smartphone application of the project’s name, ChargePoint, or with an internal application in Google-equipped Volvo models. This project opens up a world of new opportunities for charging.
For example, a Volvo C40 Recharge’s battery charges from 20% to 90% in about 40 minutes. Just as cars need to renew their fuel tanks or batteries on a long journey, drivers must renew their energy. As a solution to this, chargers in coffee shops can be really useful.
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