Finally somebody realized how to do it. They do a ton of money selling everything but fuel, even to people doing only quick breaks, so to people doing a long stop, it's like shooting fish in a barrel.
Exactly. They have realized that selling food, coffee, etc will make a super nice extra profit to the electricity sales they also do. And with batteries they can purchase power at night when it is cheap, and sell it during the daytime for with a huge profit. Seems only Circle K is in for it. In denmark we see Circle K and OK doing the same.
$/hour = visits/hour * $/visit. Charging takes too long and they don't get many visits, too short and people don't spend much. Wonder where the sweet spot is and if they would be discouraged from installing the next crazy fast charging technology. I'm guessing about 15 min charging is about right, long enough for people to grab a coffee and a bite, but keeps the turnover high.
When I had a gas car, I would fill up and go. Almost never did I go inside the store. When I'm fast charging my EV, I'm wandering around looking at whatever is nearby. If there's a store like this, I can guarantee I'm going inside and looking around.
@@msmith3395 ... I think your 15 minute analogy for charging is about right for charging. Comparing that to a "gas only stop" on a road trip I just finished, it takes almost 15 minutes to gas up, restroom break, and grab a snack. (2 or more people in the car) OTOH, add in those tables (inviting people to take a break) is a deal changer, and probably jumping the average time up by another 10 minutes. This is where marketing a service will win out and people will spend more money. It's a win for a business in the long run.
Yes the great thing about EV’s is the rest break and the fuel break become the same time. It would actually be good to have some slower chargers as well in other parking places, so that those staying for a whole meal have a bit more time. As someone else posted in Bjorn’s eTron GT video, range anxiety is becoming eat anxiety.
@@OutOfNameIdeas2 What have you been reading? - I have not read so much FUD in a long time - next you be saying batties only last 3 years! Batteries are readable and easily recyclables - there is 20+ leadering companies in the world doing it already with another 80+ lesser companies in development or not as developed as the leading companies - I belive Telsa owned recyclable company is now up to 97% of the total amount of materials are recovered from there batties - they got so much stuff in them you be throwing a lot of money away if you do not recyle them and batties are lasting a lot longer they do not need recycling until about 10 to 20 years after 2nd or 3rd life applications.
@@QALibrary Technically it is an environmental diaster, but still way better than operating a fossil car. And in most of europe (except Poland and sometimes Estonia), it creates way less CO2 emissions. If you want to be as green as possible, you use public transportation and bicycles. But if you have to have a car, an ev is better than a fossil
Circle K is owned by Couche-Tard, a Canadian company based in Laval, Quebec… A short 30 min drive from where I live. Nice to see that they are innovating in the EV charging space, and I really hope to see that innovation around here SOON!
Yeah, would be really nice to see stuff like this in Quebec/Canada. Also, btw, both Norways and Quebecs electricity stems almost exclusively from Hydropower, which makes charging there extra sweet ;)
I am in no way a spokesperson for Circle K and my words are not to be regarded as fact, i work at CircleK in Norway, Norway has 2 CircleK departments with one boss, europe has its own board made out of different representatives from different countries and all of that has the Canadian mother company as their overseers, making it very unlikely for him to be able to get a true interview about europe as a whole but he might be able to get one about the plans in Norway
We have Circle K's here in Florida. They are no where near as nice as the normal stations you visit, and THIS station is just AMAZING! I really hope that they bring this model to the US and keep this new model going forward. Really nice to see a company embracing us EV Drivers. Thanks for reporting this Bjorn :D
In UK we also have a new company Gridserve that built a charging station like this. Really hope these companies continue to roll these out. Another great video Bjorn.
@1:07 "Max charging voltage (V) 1000 500 1000" 👍🏼 Temp range -30 to +40, should be ok there, but here it gets over 40ºC in the summer, I guess we will need different charging stations.
@@Magnuzi92 I can tell you from experience when the ambient air is over 40ºc it doesn't matter how fast the fan spins the electronics don't cool down (I've lost a few PC's this way)
Interesting. A Gas station company not treating EV charging as an afterthought. In UK closest we have is Gridserve who have started opening EV only charging stations with the weather cover, amenities etc. Norway is much further down the vehicle electrification route so you would expect gas station companies to have come to the 'adapt or die' realisation. Impressed
Circle K and Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. started out as food stores. So they aren't as invested in a particular type of energy. Your car could run on a rubber band, the driver probably still buys a coffee.
@@RandyTWester CircleK Norway is just a rebranded "Statoil" the people are the same and Statoil was a gas first company, in 2012 it all started to change by 2016 It was CircleK and Ev was starting to be the main concern, chargers were being put at any station possible, the stations got rebranded from "Gas station" to "Energy station" and new built stations are built with Ev as priority, so technically no here it definitely started off as a Gas station first, food was a after thought
@@elementalgolem5498 The major peteoleum companies started exiting the retail petroleum buiness in the 1980's, and the convenience store chains started getting in. A lot of the Circle K stores here were Shell stations. But tge parent companies of Mac's, Seven Eleven, etc weren't ever drilling and refining.
@@RandyTWester "here" as in Norway? Because no CircleK bought up Statoil and that's their stations in Norway. Litterly nothing changed people wise or station vise, we rebranded, refurbished older stations got upgrades etc. Of course there are new faces In the business but overall it's the same. No shell station was part of this
2:04 Yes, I like that shit! We have Circle K in some areas in the US and it would be great to see Circle K build the same stations like that in the US.
@@Passions A few security cams and a few prosecutions to the same level as doing it to a gas pump and the problem would be short lived......posible in Cali and a few others, but sadly not in many.
One of the biggest advantages in this design is also that chargers are easily spotted. Spotting the chargers is almost always the problem because they are placed somewhere weird with no signs pointing to them.
Get a Tesla, the navigation map shows all the Tesla stations in your vicinity and the no. of available stalls in real time. Look at the Tesla SC global network map and see the amenities available at that location.
Only one 50w rapid charger in my whole city, this is an awesome design and layout. Proper charging infrastructure like this drives eV sales. Here in Ireland we have people reverting to ICE cars because the charging network is so bad and many stations are broken. Great job here Circle K👌
There are three Tesla Supercharger stations in Ireland with three more coming later this year and another next year, also one in N. Ireland. Look up Tesla’s globe SC network map, very impressive. Just click on a pointer to get details and amenities.
Having stopped in the Circle K's in Texas during the '80's it still surprises me to see them overseas. And they're ten times nicer than any I've seen in the US.
Hi Bjorn, thank you so much for this focus of the new era energies stations. I was wondering if a sufficent space for an ev + a big trailer/camper to charge will ever exist. I guess it will be possible in this new station design. Like to see many more in France and in Europe !
Looks great! Here's a good benchmark how to build the stations for the future. Hopefully there are some viewers from S-Ryhmä / ABC and Neste from Finland. Thanks for the video Bjørn!
Shell and Total have these setups here (Holland) as well. And of course Fastned has had covered fast charge stations for years already. Goos to see Cirkle K adapting to the new world as well.
Yes they'd have the perfect model for it. They already have people sit there for hrs. So a 20min charge would be a perfect spot for it and would expand their business model. Plus they're already on every corner in the US lol.
Well Tata owns lot of Starbucks, and Tata is also an Car company, making Jaguar and other electric cars. So its possible they also will make charting stations.
What an amazing video. You have not driven an EV but still given a picture of what awaits in the future. For the future is good and the future is here, already now. Thanks.
I got this new kind of station concept explained by Shell back in 2017 (EV charging alongside fossil station and a second floor on top of the shop for chill/coworking). I am not sure they tried it yet. Circle K did and I am sure they will have lot of success with this. 👍
1:06 the chargers are "800V" in the lower part of the plate it says "max. charging voltage 1000V" .. at least for the CCS plugs but CHAdeMO has its own limitations. we have some charging "parks" like the circle K station here as well. EnBW opened up a station with 8 of those and solar roofing above + free wifi etc. but those 350kW aplitronic hyperchargers are a beast
I've asked the local petroleum company that operates many gas / convenience stores in my state. They have either ignored or just said they had no plans in EV charging. I can't wait in 10 years to see them rushing to stay in business. We also have Circle K but all them here stopped selling fuel. This is the way to go. If need to build new or just rebuild it can be done. Though many places already had a rebuild in the last 10 years so by time EVs are everywhere in US it will be time to refresh again.
Best thing is a clear distance to the gas pumps. Charger - Restaurant - gas pumps - and furthest away - truck diesel. As an EV Driver I personally do not want to charge next to a smelly and loud Diesel truck. Way to go - Circle K. Looking forward to it.
Nice ! I keep saying in NL we need trashcans/vacuum at "larger" charging points.. Most of the time this is not available.. especially trashcans are needed. Great stuff from Circle K.
Norwey is great! They lead in every EV aspect! Love it! - and also: I'm jealous my country (Switzerland) is inapt to achieve not even similar things...
Kudos for circle K. Like to see something like this all over Europe, specially here in Germany were gas stations haven´t really changed since the 70th.
Hey Bjorn really great video! Norway is really ahead of the rest of the world when it comes to what EV drivers will want in the future! Circle K FOR THE WIN!
Not really practicle. It would require industrial ventilation and filtration systems because tires produce a large amount of particulates as they wear down that are not healthy to breath in. All that tire rubber mostly goes into the air as dust rather than the road from the friction. While not nearly as bad as exhaust fumes from ICE vehicles, all that tire rubber dust being breathed in by the station attendants would not be good for their health. A large solar canopy that covers the whole lot would be a healthy compromise.
Stuff like this makes me even happier that I moved to Norway some 14 years ago in my 20s. Hope they start popping up everywhere here or at least where there's more traffic.
Bjorn, this battery pack in a container is to address peak charging issue. Probably electricity provider does not deliver power to cover all charges and if there are all in usage batteries can balance missing power and charge when stations are not fully utilised. I saw this solution in Poland.
Correct; this is what's inside the container that Bjørn tried to enter: www.tesvolt.com/en/products/tps-flex.html e24.no/det-groenne-skiftet/i/nA04dx/circle-k-og-glitre-kobler-batteri-til-hurtigladere-vil-dempe-presset-paa-elnettet
Looks great. I also like the "gas station" layout. Less clumsy than chargers in a straight line imo. Maybe in the future there will be wireless chargers in the ground if the output becomes good enough. Anyways I hope these kinda charging stations becomes the standard.
This station is perfect b/c I have always taken the opportunity to do a deep detail of my car while it is charging, to me it's a great use of time besides reading 😊
I like this! It's a bit funny they didn't install chargers for the spots where you were parked, and they forgot some labels on the parking/charging places. Local battery is a big plus! I'd like to see you return to this place when you can with someone (an engineer?) from Circle K to explain the situation :-)
Well that’s awesome thank you for sharing. Circle K is a Canadian company and yet we don’t have these in Canada! That’s embarrassing and sad but hopefully one day soon.
@@zetadimensions yeah that's true sadly !! we do have some government incentives in Canada but I believe they are far less generous than what most of the European countries can enjoy. It's not like there is "no" demand in my country; I live in a city of 1 million people and I see several EV's on the road whenever I drive around town; they are coming but slowly.
It is funny how quickly things change. This station is next to a brand new section of the road. They spent 4 years building it. When the road build was launched, they quickly anounced they would build a gas station there. At that time it was gas only. A little time later, circle k wanted to also add chargers. But local politicians did not want to give up more space. And now, a few years later, this is what we have! Talk about a total turn around! Also Bjørn - the hill you went up on too see the roof, will have a "MAX" burger joint eventually.
Bjorn, others, check Buccee's in Texas, that is a gas station and rest stop chain that people absolutely love, this Circle K has similarly good vibes to it.
I'm hoping to US takes cues from Circle K for what the future of charging and gas stations should be. Yes, the etron GT looks sexy and great video Bjorn. I'm locked to this channel.
They’ve just opened one in UK too, and FastNed. Gridserve were the first with the mega charging hub in Essex. I think the multi-stall approach is finally coming to the UK (non-Tesla of course, as they always did it). Maybe CircleK could invite Tesla to add superchargers at these new stations with onsite storage like Gridserve did.
Let's all take a moment to appreciate Circle K's fantastic effort. IMO the best thing in EV charging since Tesla Superchargers.
Better than a lot of tesla superchargers actually, since there’s also a nice store attached to it
Gridserve's Electric Forecourt is also worth mentioning.
@@pigedehekkan Wow, nice! Time to visit the UK @teslabjørn, asap! :)
@@rickross6368 well multiple places in Norway you will actually find tesla has chargers built next to different circleKs
We've got one in UK too
th-cam.com/video/pdpdUkiWI_0/w-d-xo.html
2:04 "You can also vacuum your car, what do you think huh? You like that shit?" This killed me.
Same for around 4:02 Audi sexy butt☺️ U like that shit 🤣
Why would you do that?
That shit is clean. We need more of those stations.
yes in america
I guess the three charger is like. High octane ,medium grade, no lead equivalent to DC fast charging?
No oil or other fluids to get spilled! Plus most EV drivers today are environmentally aware and responsible people.
Check out the 'Gridserve' station in Essex in the UK, now that's clean. :)
168,000 to be more precise. That's the current number of US gas stations.
Finally somebody realized how to do it. They do a ton of money selling everything but fuel, even to people doing only quick breaks, so to people doing a long stop, it's like shooting fish in a barrel.
Exactly. They have realized that selling food, coffee, etc will make a super nice extra profit to the electricity sales they also do. And with batteries they can purchase power at night when it is cheap, and sell it during the daytime for with a huge profit.
Seems only Circle K is in for it. In denmark we see Circle K and OK doing the same.
$/hour = visits/hour * $/visit. Charging takes too long and they don't get many visits, too short and people don't spend much. Wonder where the sweet spot is and if they would be discouraged from installing the next crazy fast charging technology. I'm guessing about 15 min charging is about right, long enough for people to grab a coffee and a bite, but keeps the turnover high.
When I had a gas car, I would fill up and go. Almost never did I go inside the store. When I'm fast charging my EV, I'm wandering around looking at whatever is nearby. If there's a store like this, I can guarantee I'm going inside and looking around.
@@msmith3395 ... I think your 15 minute analogy for charging is about right for charging. Comparing that to a "gas only stop" on a road trip I just finished, it takes almost 15 minutes to gas up, restroom break, and grab a snack. (2 or more people in the car) OTOH, add in those tables (inviting people to take a break) is a deal changer, and probably jumping the average time up by another 10 minutes. This is where marketing a service will win out and people will spend more money. It's a win for a business in the long run.
Yes the great thing about EV’s is the rest break and the fuel break become the same time. It would actually be good to have some slower chargers as well in other parking places, so that those staying for a whole meal have a bit more time. As someone else posted in Bjorn’s eTron GT video, range anxiety is becoming eat anxiety.
Finally, this is how it should be.
@@OutOfNameIdeas2 What have you been reading? - I have not read so much FUD in a long time - next you be saying batties only last 3 years! Batteries are readable and easily recyclables - there is 20+ leadering companies in the world doing it already with another 80+ lesser companies in development or not as developed as the leading companies - I belive Telsa owned recyclable company is now up to 97% of the total amount of materials are recovered from there batties - they got so much stuff in them you be throwing a lot of money away if you do not recyle them and batties are lasting a lot longer they do not need recycling until about 10 to 20 years after 2nd or 3rd life applications.
@@QALibrary Technically it is an environmental diaster, but still way better than operating a fossil car. And in most of europe (except Poland and sometimes Estonia), it creates way less CO2 emissions. If you want to be as green as possible, you use public transportation and bicycles. But if you have to have a car, an ev is better than a fossil
@@sjanst Estonia closed most of their shale power plants, currently it's only 1 new plant usually running and depends more on imports
@@sjanst only an idiot believes something that comes from your lungs and is used by plants for energy is poisonous to the earth.
No, how it should be is include Hydrogen because semi-trucks will need to run on that. They cant go with batteries like cars can.
Makes perfect sense. EV drivers stop to charge and having a food break. Win win
Circle K is owned by Couche-Tard, a Canadian company based in Laval, Quebec… A short 30 min drive from where I live. Nice to see that they are innovating in the EV charging space, and I really hope to see that innovation around here SOON!
Hi I’m from Canada as well, why don’t they have that here yet? Is it bec. of the oil-loving Canucks?
Circle K and Fire and FLower, its coming
Yeah, would be really nice to see stuff like this in Quebec/Canada. Also, btw, both Norways and Quebecs electricity stems almost exclusively from Hydropower, which makes charging there extra sweet ;)
Would love to see you interviewing circleK about their plans across Europe and their vision for the future.
I am in no way a spokesperson for Circle K and my words are not to be regarded as fact, i work at CircleK in Norway, Norway has 2 CircleK departments with one boss, europe has its own board made out of different representatives from different countries and all of that has the Canadian mother company as their overseers, making it very unlikely for him to be able to get a true interview about europe as a whole but he might be able to get one about the plans in Norway
Circle K now call their stations for “Energy stations“ :)
Both for cars AND passengers. Charge AND discharge! ;)
Circle Kilowatt
A fuel station.
We have Circle K's here in Florida. They are no where near as nice as the normal stations you visit, and THIS station is just AMAZING! I really hope that they bring this model to the US and keep this new model going forward. Really nice to see a company embracing us EV Drivers. Thanks for reporting this Bjorn :D
This is amazing. Hopefully this is the start of removing chargers from dark dingey car parks. I would love to visit one of these.
Deadpool. Oh my God my favorite.
Guys just take a moment and realize that right now we're the ones who whitness the biggest change in car history ever since.
You are right, the future of EV is: 1000 volt CCS Chargers and Audi E-Tron GT.
I rather sick with my traditional car.... thanks but no thanks
Forget the second coming ... this is it, right?
Wrong !!
I would just stick with crocheting, dude.
Why don't you do that ...
In UK we also have a new company Gridserve that built a charging station like this. Really hope these companies continue to roll these out. Another great video Bjorn.
GRIDSERVE, certainly one to follow!
th-cam.com/video/FoN4WCpuxHY/w-d-xo.html this is the one you mentioned
@1:07 "Max charging voltage (V) 1000 500 1000" 👍🏼
Temp range -30 to +40, should be ok there, but here it gets over 40ºC in the summer, I guess we will need different charging stations.
Well - in Kongsberg, where this station is, it can get below -30 in wintertime 😂
I am guessing that goes for the internal temperatures of charger. Hence the fan goes woooosh.
@@Magnuzi92 I can tell you from experience when the ambient air is over 40ºc it doesn't matter how fast the fan spins the electronics don't cool down (I've lost a few PC's this way)
@@daveamies5031 haha! That is very true indeed.
Interesting. A Gas station company not treating EV charging as an afterthought. In UK closest we have is Gridserve who have started opening EV only charging stations with the weather cover, amenities etc. Norway is much further down the vehicle electrification route so you would expect gas station companies to have come to the 'adapt or die' realisation. Impressed
Circle K and Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. started out as food stores. So they aren't as invested in a particular type of energy. Your car could run on a rubber band, the driver probably still buys a coffee.
@@RandyTWester CircleK Norway is just a rebranded "Statoil" the people are the same and Statoil was a gas first company, in 2012 it all started to change by 2016 It was CircleK and Ev was starting to be the main concern, chargers were being put at any station possible, the stations got rebranded from "Gas station" to "Energy station" and new built stations are built with Ev as priority, so technically no here it definitely started off as a Gas station first, food was a after thought
@@elementalgolem5498 The major peteoleum companies started exiting the retail petroleum buiness in the 1980's, and the convenience store chains started getting in. A lot of the Circle K stores here were Shell stations. But tge parent companies of Mac's, Seven Eleven, etc weren't ever drilling and refining.
@@RandyTWester "here" as in Norway? Because no CircleK bought up Statoil and that's their stations in Norway. Litterly nothing changed people wise or station vise, we rebranded, refurbished older stations got upgrades etc. Of course there are new faces In the business but overall it's the same. No shell station was part of this
@@elementalgolem5498 No, 'here' as in Canada. The head office is in Quebec.
I saw the advertisement for this a week ago and the first thought that came to my mind "Man, Bjørn should make a video about this station!" :D
2:04 Yes, I like that shit!
We have Circle K in some areas in the US and it would be great to see Circle K build the same stations like that in the US.
got have 4 tesla , others.
It's coming
The Audi looks snazzy
Oh hey whaam bam honda bump😆huge fan here
Yooo wham baam! Love the channel Man!
Wham bam fast chargers man
You're my favorite! I love your videos!
Oh heyy
circle K is knocking it out of the park. Cant wait to see that here in the US.
Wish the US would get some pull through chargers!
same here
@@Passions A few security cams and a few prosecutions to the same level as doing it to a gas pump and the problem would be short lived......posible in Cali and a few others, but sadly not in many.
Will be interesting to see these roll out. Nice looking station.
One of the biggest advantages in this design is also that chargers are easily spotted. Spotting the chargers is almost always the problem because they are placed somewhere weird with no signs pointing to them.
Get a Tesla, the navigation map shows all the Tesla stations in your vicinity and the no. of available stalls in real time. Look at the Tesla SC global network map and see the amenities available at that location.
@2:08 "mm wut u think u like dat sh!t?!" I almost spit out my coffee hahaha. I can't wait to see more of this in the US.
Only one 50w rapid charger in my whole city, this is an awesome design and layout. Proper charging infrastructure like this drives eV sales. Here in Ireland we have people reverting to ICE cars because the charging network is so bad and many stations are broken. Great job here Circle K👌
There are three Tesla Supercharger stations in Ireland with three more coming later this year and another next year, also one in N. Ireland. Look up Tesla’s globe SC network map, very impressive. Just click on a pointer to get details and amenities.
Having stopped in the Circle K's in Texas during the '80's it still surprises me to see them overseas. And they're ten times nicer than any I've seen in the US.
'That butt is sexy!! The e-tron GT is flexing right now!!' - Oh Bjorn, you crack me up!!😂🤣👍
Hi Bjorn, thank you so much for this focus of the new era energies stations. I was wondering if a sufficent space for an ev + a big trailer/camper to charge will ever exist. I guess it will be possible in this new station design. Like to see many more in France and in Europe !
Very similar to the Gridserve site in Braintree, U.K. which is EV charging only with an amazing services building. Definitely the future.
Come see our Gridserve charging location at Braintree in the UK 👍
Or Ladepark Kreuz Hilden, Germany’s largest fast charging hub.
Looks great! Here's a good benchmark how to build the stations for the future. Hopefully there are some viewers from S-Ryhmä / ABC and Neste from Finland. Thanks for the video Bjørn!
Great design and execution. Good alternatives to Gridserve in Braintree, UK and EnBW in Rutesheim, Germany
Shell and Total have these setups here (Holland) as well. And of course Fastned has had covered fast charge stations for years already. Goos to see Cirkle K adapting to the new world as well.
Bjorn should drive to these new "stations" and make a series of videos.
Great idea...👍
The vacuume cleaner did it for me. This is what we need in London. Great report👍👊
@@rogerstarkey5390 😂👍
I could see Starbucks become a charging/coffee station like this in the future.
Yes they'd have the perfect model for it. They already have people sit there for hrs. So a 20min charge would be a perfect spot for it and would expand their business model. Plus they're already on every corner in the US lol.
Already happening in the UK.
We can only dream!
Well Tata owns lot of Starbucks, and Tata is also an Car company, making Jaguar and other electric cars. So its possible they also will make charting stations.
Steve ... will Starbucks have gourmet charging?
What an amazing video. You have not driven an EV but still given a picture of what awaits in the future. For the future is good and the future is here, already now. Thanks.
Very nice! Would love to see something like that in Texas.
I got this new kind of station concept explained by Shell back in 2017 (EV charging alongside fossil station and a second floor on top of the shop for chill/coworking).
I am not sure they tried it yet.
Circle K did and I am sure they will have lot of success with this. 👍
Wow. I love when companies can look forward in time. This is the ultimate future charging stop👌
"Seems like Circle K might have ditched hydrogen altogether" Great choice.
As Clouseau once answered to the question which kind of bomb it was: "The exploding kind" 😁
the physics of H2 for passenger vehicles were never going to work
@@Leopold5100 Yup
@@Leopold5100 - Logistics too involved too, easier to just plug in a charger at home, I know I drive a Tesla MS.
Ugh, everything in Norway is so innovative, clean, and well designed. I want to move there so bad.
Very cool! Thanks for making this video TB 👍🏻👍🏻
1:06
the chargers are "800V"
in the lower part of the plate it says "max. charging voltage 1000V" .. at least for the CCS plugs but CHAdeMO has its own limitations.
we have some charging "parks" like the circle K station here as well. EnBW opened up a station with 8 of those and solar roofing above + free wifi etc. but those 350kW aplitronic hyperchargers are a beast
can't wait for these to show up in the US :)
They should! Gas stations have to replace tanks sometimes due to seepage and that costs a fortune!
They should! Gas stations have to replace tanks sometimes due to seepage and that costs a fortune!
They should! Gas stations have to replace tanks sometimes due to seepage and that costs a fortune!
They should! Gas stations have to replace tanks sometimes due to seepage and that costs a fortune!
They should! Gas stations have to replace tanks sometimes due to seepage and that costs a fortune!
Nice!! As a Leafdriver it is very nice to se Chademo wich normaly don't get installed in new charging stations in Sweden.
This video is so awesome, brother!
A hug from Mexico
I've asked the local petroleum company that operates many gas / convenience stores in my state. They have either ignored or just said they had no plans in EV charging. I can't wait in 10 years to see them rushing to stay in business. We also have Circle K but all them here stopped selling fuel.
This is the way to go. If need to build new or just rebuild it can be done. Though many places already had a rebuild in the last 10 years so by time EVs are everywhere in US it will be time to refresh again.
Beautiful! I want to see these in America!
Best thing is a clear distance to the gas pumps.
Charger - Restaurant - gas pumps - and furthest away - truck diesel.
As an EV Driver I personally do not want to charge next to a smelly and loud Diesel truck.
Way to go - Circle K.
Looking forward to it.
Thanks for sharing and keeping it real, this was an awesome tour. I’d love to know how much storage they have.
Great stuff and hope more of these stations are coming in the near future.
Awesome to see, thank you and good work Circle K!
Nicely done , well thought out
Nice ! I keep saying in NL we need trashcans/vacuum at "larger" charging points.. Most of the time this is not available.. especially trashcans are needed. Great stuff from Circle K.
Norwey is great! They lead in every EV aspect! Love it! - and also: I'm jealous my country (Switzerland) is inapt to achieve not even similar things...
Very nice glimpse of the near future. Go Circle K!
This CircleK is heaven for road trip!
Kudos for circle K. Like to see something like this all over Europe, specially here in Germany were gas stations haven´t really changed since the 70th.
Hey Bjorn really great video! Norway is really ahead of the rest of the world when it comes to what EV drivers will want in the future! Circle K FOR THE WIN!
Europe is so far ahead of us here in Australia. One day I hope we have stations like that here. Hats off to CircleK 👍👍👍👏👏👏
I'm SO excited for the future!
Electric stations could have walls, there are no fossil fumes, after all. With the waste heat from the transformers, they could be an oasis in winter.
In Norway (any other cold climate) they should harvest that warm (scavenge as Bjørn calls is) and use it to heat the inside (cafe++).
Not really practicle. It would require industrial ventilation and filtration systems because tires produce a large amount of particulates as they wear down that are not healthy to breath in. All that tire rubber mostly goes into the air as dust rather than the road from the friction. While not nearly as bad as exhaust fumes from ICE vehicles, all that tire rubber dust being breathed in by the station attendants would not be good for their health. A large solar canopy that covers the whole lot would be a healthy compromise.
Reminds me a lot of the Gridserve site at Braintree, UK (except that doesn't have fossil pumps, just for EVs).
Finally EV drivers are no longer treated like second class customers, hungry, in the rain, with dirty windshields.
Thanks Bjorn.....that's CLEARLY the future ! 🔝👍
Absolutely Awesome!!!
Great to see how Norway gets ready for the future
Stuff like this makes me even happier that I moved to Norway some 14 years ago in my 20s. Hope they start popping up everywhere here or at least where there's more traffic.
We so need this in the US!
Bjorn, this battery pack in a container is to address peak charging issue. Probably electricity provider does not deliver power to cover all charges and if there are all in usage batteries can balance missing power and charge when stations are not fully utilised. I saw this solution in Poland.
Correct; this is what's inside the container that Bjørn tried to enter:
www.tesvolt.com/en/products/tps-flex.html
e24.no/det-groenne-skiftet/i/nA04dx/circle-k-og-glitre-kobler-batteri-til-hurtigladere-vil-dempe-presset-paa-elnettet
Nice 👍 didn't see this the last time I was driving there
Looks awsome :D
Looks great. I also like the "gas station" layout. Less clumsy than chargers in a straight line imo. Maybe in the future there will be wireless chargers in the ground if the output becomes good enough. Anyways I hope these kinda charging stations becomes the standard.
I really wish they would catch on here in the states.
That's a beautiful sight.
This is cool, future stations!
Niice, send some our way to the motorway services in the UK, give some competition.
Looking forward to this in Sweden soon!
Very cool, if i would live in Norway i would visit for sure.
Big thanks for CIRCLE K!!
This station is perfect b/c I have always taken the opportunity to do a deep detail of my car while it is charging, to me it's a great use of time besides reading 😊
Etron looks great. Much better than previous
I thought it was the Polestar
We all look to Norway to show us what the future will look like!
Amazing... Things are changing...
Makes me wanna go to Circle K now, hope stations like this will pop like daisy's in Sweden.
I like this! It's a bit funny they didn't install chargers for the spots where you were parked, and they forgot some labels on the parking/charging places.
Local battery is a big plus! I'd like to see you return to this place when you can with someone (an engineer?) from Circle K to explain the situation :-)
Love it!!! It's finally happening!!
This is perfect! Wish we had this in the U.S!
Looks so clean, friendly and futuristic. I feel like I would get stabbed when I visit a Circle K in the US lol
Yep. I know exactly what you mean. lol
Well that’s awesome thank you for sharing. Circle K is a Canadian company and yet we don’t have these in Canada! That’s embarrassing and sad but hopefully one day soon.
well there is no demand in Canada and the US. you guys simply don't buy EVs. but we, Europeans, we're more than happy to accommodate them 🤣🤣🤣
@@zetadimensions yeah that's true sadly !! we do have some government incentives in Canada but I believe they are far less generous than what most of the European countries can enjoy. It's not like there is "no" demand in my country; I live in a city of 1 million people and I see several EV's on the road whenever I drive around town; they are coming but slowly.
@@babstude let’s hope you get more. Evs are super nice
That's how it should be! Great job Circle K! It's reminds me Gridserve in the UK, a station just for EV's. That's the future.
Great video Bjorn, I hope every gas station in the world looks like this going forward.
It is funny how quickly things change. This station is next to a brand new section of the road. They spent 4 years building it. When the road build was launched, they quickly anounced they would build a gas station there. At that time it was gas only. A little time later, circle k wanted to also add chargers. But local politicians did not want to give up more space. And now, a few years later, this is what we have! Talk about a total turn around!
Also Bjørn - the hill you went up on too see the roof, will have a "MAX" burger joint eventually.
LOL! I love watching people geek out over this stuff!
Awesome . 👍👍 for circle K . Brilliant
GREAT Station, this should be the new standard
Circle K for the WIN :)
Bjorn, others, check Buccee's in Texas, that is a gas station and rest stop chain that people absolutely love, this Circle K has similarly good vibes to it.
I'm hoping to US takes cues from Circle K for what the future of charging and gas stations should be.
Yes, the etron GT looks sexy and great video Bjorn. I'm locked to this channel.
Can't wait to see this in the US. Tgis is nice. I like this guy too! Thanks for the video!
Circle K R&D knocking it out of the park
They’ve just opened one in UK too, and FastNed. Gridserve were the first with the mega charging hub in Essex. I think the multi-stall approach is finally coming to the UK (non-Tesla of course, as they always did it). Maybe CircleK could invite Tesla to add superchargers at these new stations with onsite storage like Gridserve did.
Good job!