FOR:EV to install charging stations at UK Starbucks

Scottish EV infrastructure provider FOR:EV has launched the roll-out of rapid charging stations at four branches of Starbucks. Installation is complete at Starbucks sites in Livingston and Dunfermline, with work due to start at two further sites in Galashiels and Blairgowrie later this month.

The charging hubs installed at Livingston, Dunfermline and Galashiels will be ultra-rapid 150 kW C Series charger models. These are said to be able to charge a typical EV from 20% to 80% charge in about 20-30 minutes. At Blairgowrie, 100 kW rapid chargers will be installed, which should take about 30-40 minutes for the same process. FOR:EV eventually plans to set up a charging network of over 1,700 charging points at 600 publicly available destination charging sites across Scotland and the UK.

“The installation of these new ultra-rapid charge points at Starbucks sites across Scotland will be very welcome at a time when EV ownership is increasing dramatically,” said FOR:EV’s Senior Business Development Manager, Calum Wallace, adding: “In order to break down a key barrier to EV charging away from home, our chargers operate on a user-friendly ‘tap-and-go’ approach, with no registration or membership requirements, to make the experience as easy and stress-free as possible.”

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