US IKEA shops will get Electrify America charging for EV drivers and EV-based supply

Electrify America and IKEA on Thursday introduced plans to put in EV charging stations for each supply drivers and most people at over 25 of the Swedish retail large’s United States areas.

The hassle will quadruple the variety of chargers at U.S. IKEA shops, and assist the corporate obtain a objective of zero-emission house deliveries by 2025, Ikea and Electrify America mentioned in a joint press launch.

The 2 corporations plan to put in greater than 200 particular person DC quick chargers—a mixture of 150-kw and 350-kw items—in 18 states for Ikea clients. The whole listing contains Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Washington.

2022 Hyundai IONIQ 5 at Electrify America DC fast-charging station

The primary stations are anticipated to open later this yr, and all are anticipated to be open by the top of 2023.

Along with these chargers, IKEA has tapped Electrify Business, the fleet enterprise unit of Electrify America, to put in greater than 225 particular person chargers. The discharge does not specify, but it surely’s doubtless these might be Degree 2 AC chargers.

That is the primary time Electrify America, which was created and initially funded as a part of Volkswagen’s diesel emissions dishonest settlement, might be putting in chargers for each public and fleet use concurrently.

Electrify America chargers

Electrify America reported speedy progress from 2020 to 2021, and it just lately introduced investments from Siemens. This marks the primary time an out of doors firm has invested in Electrify America, which is searching for extra investments past the $2 billion dedicated by VW to fund its preliminary community plan, for additional enlargement.

A examine from Umlaut discovered Electrify America tops within the person expertise, though it did not contemplate {hardware} downtime. Whereas that could be an space that wants extra consideration, Electrify America is attempting to deal with its carbon footprint by shopping for photo voltaic power. Earlier this yr, it introduced a deal for sufficient photo voltaic to greater than offset the power its community delivers.