Wawa deploys first electric truck
Published on: Sep 1, 2023
The retailer has also reached 150 stores equipped with EV charging services across its network.
Wawa announced two significant milestones for the company’s electric vehicle journey including reaching its 150th store offering electric vehicle (EV) charging across its operating area and launching its first battery-electric truck in partnership with Penske Logistics.
As a new way to expand on its EV journey, Wawa is partnering with Penske to operate a Freightliner eCascadia battery-electric truck as part of a 6-month pilot program. This is the first electric truck used in the retailer’s history and the very first Penske truck of this kind in the Philadelphia region.
Both companies will test and learn more about this emerging new technology to consider future application or expansion to its delivery fleet.
In addition, the convenience retailer continues to increase the number of stores hosting EV charging stations to increase charging access and convenience to drivers of electric vehicles. Wawa began hosting EV charging at its first store in 2017.
“It gives us great pride to cut a ribbon on our 150th store offering EV charging, faster than we anticipated, and to continue to grow the number of stores we have hosting EV charging. We’re also thrilled to spread our wings in the electric vehicle space by testing our first electric truck with Penske that will allow us to learn more about our continued efforts to have a positive impact on our EV journey,” said Brian Schaller, President at Wawa.
The chain now offers Tesla Superchargers, and EV chargers with both CCS and CHAdeMO connectors through providers like EVgo, ChargePoint, and Electrify America. To date, it has hosted over six million charging sessions since 2017.
