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https://media.electrifyamerica.com/en-us/releases/191

IKEA U.S. and Electrify America announce collaboration for ultra-fast public and fleet charging at over 25 IKEA retail locations

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August 11, 2022

IKEA U.S. will quadruple its total number of electric vehicle chargers, a big step toward the IKEA global circular and climate positive goals

Conshohocken, PA – August 11, 2022 – To help reach the IKEA ambition to become a circular and climate positive business by 2030, IKEA U.S. today announced a collaboration with Electrify America and Electrify Commercial to bring ultra-fast public charging stations and delivery fleet electric vehicle (EV) charging to over 25 IKEA retail locations throughout the U.S. This joint effort will enable IKEA U.S. to quadruple its total number of EV chargers, which supports the goal of achieving zero-emission home deliveries by 2025 and halving relative emissions from customer and co-worker travel by 2030.

“At IKEA, we believe that we must work together with our partners to tackle climate change and create solutions for a greener future. This collaboration with Electrify America will not only bring ultra-fast public chargers to our stores for the first time but it will also help us take a big leap as we work towards our targets to become circular and climate positive,” said Javier Quiñones, CEO & Chief Sustainability Officer, IKEA U.S. “We look forward to continuing to innovate around new ways we can make our everyday lives more sustainable.”

In total, there will be more than 200 individual ultra-fast chargers offering the fastest charging speeds available today – 150kW to 350kW – at IKEA retail locations in 18 states including in Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Washington. The first locations are expected to open in late 2022 and be completed by the end of 2023.

For its EV delivery fleet, IKEA selected Electrify Commercial, Electrify America’s business unit designed to help deliver turnkey electric vehicle charging solutions, to provide more than 225 individual chargers across the sites. This is the first time Electrify America and Electrify Commercial are installing both public and fleet chargers at the same time for a project.

“We are excited to establish both public and commercial fleet charging stations with IKEA – a brand that shares our goal of a more sustainable future,” said Giovanni Palazzo, president and CEO of Electrify America. “Through this collaboration, Electrify America, Electrify Commercial and IKEA U.S. are leading a path forward for customers and businesses toward zero-emission transportation.”

Since opening its first charging station in May 2018, Electrify America has set a rapid pace for its network expansion, opening an average of nearly four stations per week. Currently, Electrify America has more than 800 stations and 3,500 individual chargers open with plans to expand to 1,800 charging stations comprised of 10,000 individual chargers in the United States and Canada by 2026.
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https://media.electrifyamerica.com/en-us/releases/191

IKEA U.S. and Electrify America announce collaboration for ultra-fast public and fleet charging at over 25 IKEA retail locations

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August 11, 2022

IKEA U.S. will quadruple its total number of electric vehicle chargers, a big step toward the IKEA global circular and climate positive goals

Conshohocken, PA – August 11, 2022 – To help reach the IKEA ambition to become a circular and climate positive business by 2030, IKEA U.S. today announced a collaboration with Electrify America and Electrify Commercial to bring ultra-fast public charging stations and delivery fleet electric vehicle (EV) charging to over 25 IKEA retail locations throughout the U.S. This joint effort will enable IKEA U.S. to quadruple its total number of EV chargers, which supports the goal of achieving zero-emission home deliveries by 2025 and halving relative emissions from customer and co-worker travel by 2030.

“At IKEA, we believe that we must work together with our partners to tackle climate change and create solutions for a greener future. This collaboration with Electrify America will not only bring ultra-fast public chargers to our stores for the first time but it will also help us take a big leap as we work towards our targets to become circular and climate positive,” said Javier Quiñones, CEO & Chief Sustainability Officer, IKEA U.S. “We look forward to continuing to innovate around new ways we can make our everyday lives more sustainable.”

In total, there will be more than 200 individual ultra-fast chargers offering the fastest charging speeds available today – 150kW to 350kW – at IKEA retail locations in 18 states including in Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Washington. The first locations are expected to open in late 2022 and be completed by the end of 2023.

For its EV delivery fleet, IKEA selected Electrify Commercial, Electrify America’s business unit designed to help deliver turnkey electric vehicle charging solutions, to provide more than 225 individual chargers across the sites. This is the first time Electrify America and Electrify Commercial are installing both public and fleet chargers at the same time for a project.

“We are excited to establish both public and commercial fleet charging stations with IKEA – a brand that shares our goal of a more sustainable future,” said Giovanni Palazzo, president and CEO of Electrify America. “Through this collaboration, Electrify America, Electrify Commercial and IKEA U.S. are leading a path forward for customers and businesses toward zero-emission transportation.”

Since opening its first charging station in May 2018, Electrify America has set a rapid pace for its network expansion, opening an average of nearly four stations per week. Currently, Electrify America has more than 800 stations and 3,500 individual chargers open with plans to expand to 1,800 charging stations comprised of 10,000 individual chargers in the United States and Canada by 2026.
it doesn't matter if you can't activate a charging session because of EA's crappy activation infrastructure or if the chargers are offline/broken/inactive…

I want to hear less about new locations and more about 99.9% actual functional uptime and charging session activation with few if any problems.

locations don't matter if they are effectively inert…
 

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I'm all for more fast charging locations and too picky, but 150/350kw charging is way too fast for an IKEA trip unless you absolutely know what you're going to buy and there's no checkout line. L2 or 50kw makes sense for the time someone might spend there.
 

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Any increase in chargers is welcome news!

it doesn't matter if you can't activate a charging session because of EA's crappy activation infrastructure or if the chargers are offline/broken/inactive…

I want to hear less about new locations and more about 99.9% actual functional uptime and charging session activation with few if any problems.

locations don't matter if they are effectively inert…
I've had good luck thus far - plug & charge has worked 100% of the time for me, had 1 issue with a down charger station over 10 charging trips.
 


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What makes me crazy is pulling in a EA 350 kW charger and getting 117 kW into the battery. I am getting used to broken charges but counting on a 350kW and obtaining effectively a 150kW station is just bait and switch and should not occur.
 

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there are a lot of reasons you may be getting 117 kW -

how full was battery?
outside temp?
battery temp?
other cars charging at the same time?

etc…
 

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Glad to see they are moving ahead quickly.

IKEA/EA already in final permitting for 6 new 350kW Signet CCS single cable dispensers along with 4 new fleet "pull through" dispensers. Total of 10 new chargers at my local IKEA

Porsche Taycan Electrify America will install ultrafast EV chargers at over 25 IKEA US locations Tampa, FL jpe
 


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I'm all for more fast charging locations and too picky, but 150/350kw charging is way too fast for an IKEA trip unless you absolutely know what you're going to buy and there's no checkout line. L2 or 50kw makes sense for the time someone might spend there.
I suspect the point is less about IKEA trips and more that IKEAs tend to have lots of extra real estate and also are usually located next to major highways.
 

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EV Charging is really going to have to just bite the bullet and start building stand alone facilities. Not exclusively but as a standard baseline practice. Putting 2 to 8 chargers at a place like IKEA will work for a while but in a couple of years what happens when 50 or more cars an hour show up? Maybe they have it all. IDK. Regarding this specifically it’s a good thing.
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