EV Drivers Can Now Get a Fast Charge With a Slurpee at Pomona 7-Eleven
EV Drivers Can Now Get a Fast Charge With a Slurpee at Pomona 7-Eleven
With the installation of two new fast-charging stations, 7-Eleven customers in Pomona can now stop for a sandwich and a Slurpee and fully charge their electric vehicles in as little as 30 minutes.
7-Eleven added fast-charging stations, with the help of Southern California Edison, at the store on Indian Hill Boulevard and held a “plug-in ceremony” today to celebrate the project’s completion.
The charging stations — the very first to be owned, operated and branded by 7-Eleven — were made possible partly by SCE’s Charge Ready program, which pays for the necessary electrical infrastructure, and then gives participants rebates to pay for a portion of the charging stations themselves.
SCE has partnered with 7-Eleven to help install fast chargers at its Pomona store.
“Our collaboration with SCE through Charge Ready is a win-win for everyone,” said Ann Scott, senior director of Energy, Engineering and Store Planning for the convenience store giant. “Fast chargers mean added convenience for EV drivers who visit our store and cleaner air for the surrounding community.”
SCE has helped to install more than 1,200 charging stations at about 70 sites within its service area through Charge Ready, but 7-Eleven is one of the first participants in the program to add fast charging.
“We’re particularly excited to work with commercial customers like 7-Eleven to expand fast charging in the communities we serve,” said Katie Sloan, SCE director of eMobility and Building Electrification. “In addition to giving EV drivers the opportunity to charge while shopping at a convenience store, it also helps folks in apartments or condos who may not have their own garages and can’t charge at home.”
We’re particularly excited to work with commercial customers like 7-Eleven to expand fast charging in the communities we serve. In addition to giving EV drivers the opportunity to charge while shopping at a convenience store, it also helps folks in apartments or condos who may not have their own garages and can’t charge at home.”
Katie Sloan, SCE Director
Through Charge Ready, SCE has been working with cities, employers, apartment building owners, charging equipment manufacturers and others to install EV charging stations at locations where people live, shop and work.
“The more we can help companies like 7-Eleven install electric vehicle charging, the quicker we’re going to meet our state’s goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2045,” said Jered Lindsay, SCE principal manager of Air and Climate Policy. “To meet that goal, SCE forecasts the need for 75% of cars on California highways to be electric by then.”
To help accelerate the adoption of electric transportation in the state, SCE plans to install about 50,000 charging stations in its service area over the next five years, some of which will be for trucks, buses and other medium- and heavy-duty vehicles.