#Gas stations with gas install

In fact, we just announced a strategic partnership with JOLT Energy, which will install 120 ultrafast chargers from ADS-TEC Energy at 60 ESSO (ExxonMobil) locations in key German cities in 2022.

John Tuccillo: My company is selling its ultrafast battery-buffered charger technology via resellers into service stations in Europe, and soon in the US. Even lower-input grids (50 kW) can be boosted to output up to 320 kW.Įlectrek: Are there any standout service stations that have already made the transformation to electric? That enables ultrafast charging of the most power-hungry EVs on the market – including the Porsche Taycan, Tesla Model 3, and the forthcoming (and game-changing) Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup – on existing power-limited grids in just 10 minutes, without additional infrastructure power upgrades. With buffering, 110-kilowatt input from the grid can be converted to output levels up to 320 kW. But there’s a more reasonable alternative that enables installing ultrafast chargers on a service station’s existing footprint: battery-buffered technology.īattery-buffered technology pairs energy storage with EV chargers to dramatically boost charger output from the available, existing electric grid. To do so requires getting permits, hiring a crew, digging trenches, pulling lines – and lots of money. Unless the gas station is along a major freeway corridor, it’s probably limited in its ability to access the high-powered electrical lines necessary to offer ultrafast charging. Existing infrastructure at most current station locations will require a major electrical overhaul to support ultrahigh-speed EV charging. However, installing ultrafast charging technology is challenging and can be extremely expensive. While this may be appealing to their convenience store operations, it won’t be acceptable to their customers, and it won’t enable a steady flow of revenue-generating business. Anything less will require a customer to spend an hour or more at a gas station.

One thing is clear: Gas stations must offer ultrafast – faster than 元 – charging technology. John Tuccillo: The easiest way to make the transition to a fast-charging EV station is to test the waters: If space is limited, take out one fuel dispenser and replace it with an EV charging dispenser with the least disruption possible. Key challenges that gas stations face in making the move to EV charging are costs, space, and the potential disruption to their businesses while the install takes place.Įlectrek: How can gas station owners convert their gas stations into fast-charging EV stations and reinvent themselves into a destination stop for EV drivers? The latter recommendation is especially urgent as the demand for EV charging is growing in lockstep with the demand for passenger and fleet EVs, buoyed by unprecedented industry and government support, as well as surging oil and gas prices.

A recent McKinsey study encourages fuel retailers to seek growth opportunities by increasing the use of their existing real estate, recommending that they revamp convenience retail operations and enter the electric vehicle charging business.

#Gas stations with gas drivers

John Tuccillo: I believe that a number of societal trends – including the rise of electric vehicles – are giving gas stations an amazing opportunity to reinvent themselves to be more appealing to a new generation of drivers and become a deliberate destination. Electrek spoke with John Tuccillo, global head of corporate and government affairs for ADS-TEC Energy, about what the reinvention of gas stations into superfast EV charging stations would look like and what it would take to make that happen.Įlectrek: As we move to vehicle electrification, what do you think will happen to gas stations, and what are the challenges that gas stations face? Germany-based global ultrafast EV charging technology company ADS-TEC Energy sees the rise of EVs as a new opportunity for gas stations.

Are gas stations doomed in the long run, or is there an opportunity to reinvent them as a fast-charging destination stop for EV drivers?