<p>Volvo Car USA and Starbucks are collaborating to establish the first public electric-vehicle charging network at the coffee company’s US stores beginning this summer, powered by ChargePoint. Volvo Car USA will install as many as 60 Volvo-branded, ChargePoint DC fast chargers at up to 15 Starbucks locations along a 1,350-mile route from the Denver area to the coffee company’s Seattle headquarters. Plans include a charging location about every 100 miles, well within the battery range of most electric vehicles. The effort could make charging Volvo pure electric models as easy as going to Starbucks.</p><p>ChargePoint’s DC fast chargers can bring the Volvo C40 Recharge, for example, from a 20 percent to a 90 percent charge in about 40 minutes*. While their cars are recharging outside, drivers and their passengers can relax comfortably inside with their favorite Starbucks beverage.</p><p>Drivers of Volvo Recharge models with Google embedded can use the ChargePoint app integrated into their vehicle’s in-dash system, while other drivers can us the ChargePoint smartphone app, to find and access the ChargePoint charging stations at participating Starbucks locations.</p><p>While all EV drivers will be able to use these stations for a fee, drivers of Volvo Cars will get the added benefit of having access to these stations at no charge or at preferential rates.</p><p>Installations on the route are expected to be complete by the end of 2022, giving EV drivers traveling between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Northwest a string of familiar, reliable, clean and safe places to recharge themselves and their battery-powered vehicles.</p>
<p>Volvo Car USA and Starbucks are collaborating to establish the first public electric-vehicle charging network at the coffee company’s US stores beginning this summer, powered by ChargePoint. Volvo Car USA will install as many as 60 Volvo-branded, ChargePoint DC fast chargers at up to 15 Starbucks locations along a 1,350-mile route from the Denver area to the coffee company’s Seattle headquarters. Plans include a charging location about every 100 miles, well within the battery range of most electric vehicles. The effort could make charging Volvo pure electric models as easy as going to Starbucks.</p><p>ChargePoint’s DC fast chargers can bring the Volvo C40 Recharge, for example, from a 20 percent to a 90 percent charge in about 40 minutes*. While their cars are recharging outside, drivers and their passengers can relax comfortably inside with their favorite Starbucks beverage.</p><p>Drivers of Volvo Recharge models with Google embedded can use the ChargePoint app integrated into their vehicle’s in-dash system, while other drivers can us the ChargePoint smartphone app, to find and access the ChargePoint charging stations at participating Starbucks locations.</p><p>While all EV drivers will be able to use these stations for a fee, drivers of Volvo Cars will get the added benefit of having access to these stations at no charge or at preferential rates.</p><p>Installations on the route are expected to be complete by the end of 2022, giving EV drivers traveling between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Northwest a string of familiar, reliable, clean and safe places to recharge themselves and their battery-powered vehicles.</p>
