Wawa-branded EV chargers are expanding beyond Tesla
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- Wawa will deploy eight Wawa-branded DC fast chargers at Pennsylvania stores this year, expanding beyond its earlier Wawa-branded Tesla Supercharger sites into a second branded-network relationship.
- Electrify America supplies the white-label charging platform that lets Wawa operate the stations under its own brand while EA provides the equipment, software, and network support.
- Five of the eight sites will offer both NACS and CCS connectors with charging speeds up to 400 kW; the other three sites will be CCS-only at up to 350 kW — putting the 400 kW hardware among the fastest public chargers currently being deployed in the US.
- Rich Makin, Wawa's senior vice president and chief fuel and development officer, framed the Pennsylvania rollout as a test of Wawa-owned charging across its 14-state footprint, with the goal of giving the retailer more control over reliability, branding, and the overall customer experience.
- The new branded stations add to Wawa's existing charging partnerships with Tesla and IONNA and do not replace those relationships, with Wawa also looking to steer EV drivers inside for coffee or a hoagie while they charge.
- The eight locations span Bristol, Allentown, Quakertown, Upper Darby, Phoenixville, Media, Williamsport, and Reading; Wawa has not yet announced individual opening dates or pricing.
Why it matters: Wawa's eight-site Pennsylvania test puts the retailer in direct control of the charging experience — branding, reliability, and dwell time spent inside buying coffee or a hoagie during charge sessions. With 400 kW speeds among the fastest public chargers deployed in the US and existing Tesla and IONNA partnerships untouched, Wawa is hedging by owning some stations outright while still distributing risk across networks.
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