ChargePoint to provide EV chargers at Morrisons stores
ChargePoint Services is to install its GeniePoint Network electric vehicle (EV) chargers across all Morrisons supermarkets in the UK.
ChargePoint says its 50-100kW rapid chargers will allow customers to refuel their EV in around 20 minutes.
The firm’s managing director Alex Bamberg says: “By offering another useful local service, customers are provided with choice for grocery, café and comfort stops, and green vehicle refuelling.”
The first chargers will be running by the end of this month and 100 are e
April 1, 2019
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4825 ChargePoint Services is to install its GeniePoint Network electric vehicle (EV) chargers across all Morrisons supermarkets in the UK.
ChargePoint says its 50-100kW rapid chargers will allow customers to refuel their EV in around 20 minutes.
The firm’s managing director Alex Bamberg says: “By offering another useful local service, customers are provided with choice for grocery, café and comfort stops, and green vehicle refuelling.”
The first chargers will be running by the end of this month and 100 are expected to be installed by the end of 2019. Drivers can register online for free on the %$Linker: 2External<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary />000websitefalsehttps://www.geniepoint.co.uk/ds/Welcometruefalse%>.
ChargePoint is not the only company introducing chargers at UK supermarkets. Last year, 994 Volkswagen announced it %$Linker: 2External<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary />000plansfalsehttp://www.itsinternational.com/sections/general/news/vw-to-install-ev-charging-network-at-uk-tesco-stores/truefalse%> to install more than 2,400 EV chargers at 600 Tesco stores by 2020.
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