IKEA USA Collaborates With Electrify America To Build Ultra-fast EV Charging Station

JAKARTA - Swedish home furnishings and furniture retailer IKEA AS announced its collaboration with Electrify America and Electrify Commercial to provide a super-fast public charging station for electric vehicles (EV).

Not only building public charging stations into its stores, Electrify said in its press release that this collaboration is also meant to help IKEA's ambition to create a circular business and positive climate 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,” said Javier Quiñones, CEO & Chief Sustainability Officer, IKEA USA.

We've teamed up with @IKEAUSA to bring ultra-fast public charging and delivery fleet EV charging to over 25 Ikea retail locations. Learn more about this electrifying opportunity here: https://t.co/4yZpPJOvkH #ElectrifyAmerica pic.twitter.com/8e6lLBV9qm

— Electrify America (@ElectrifyAm) August 11, 2022

Later, super-fast public charging stations and electric delivery (EV) fleets will be delivered to more than 25 IKEA retail locations across the US.

This collaboration allows IKEA USA to double the total number of EV chargers, supporting the goal of achieving zero-emission home delivery by 2025 and halving the relative emissions from customer and co-worker travel by 2030.

In total, there will be more than 200 ultra-fast chargers offering the fastest charging speeds of 150kW to 350kW.

Stations will be found at IKEA retail locations in 18 states including Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Washington.

IKEA also said that the first location of the charging station is expected to open by the end of 2022 and be completed by the end of 2023.

Giovanni Palazzo, president and CEO of Electrify America said he was very enthusiastic about this project. Because he admits that Electrify also has the same goals as IKEA.

"Through this collaboration, Electrify America, Electrify Commercial and IKEA US are leading the way forward for customers and businesses towards zero-emission transportation."