- Love has added charging stations to two of its gas stations.
- All future Love’s Travel stops will have EV chargers
- Love began adding chargers to its gas stations in 2017.
Love’s Travel Stops is continuing to add EV charging stations at its locations, thanks in part to federal funding from the Biden administration’s infrastructure bill.
On Tuesday, Love announced the groundbreaking for two new “next generation” charging locations. in Ripley and Waterloo, New York. Each set will come with two dual-port DC fast chargers (four charging connectors total) although there is a minimum 160 kw capacity. All new Love’s Travel Stop locations will also have dedicated spaces for EV charging.
Electrify America Charging Station at Love’s Travel Stop
Love’s has been installing EV chargers since 2017 and in 2020 partnered with Electrify America to add road charging stops at its locations. The company now claims to have More than 100 chargers at 28 stores in 11 states. Includes a combination of Level 2 AC chargers and DC fast chargers, but future builds will be dedicated only Fast charger under protective canopy.
Love also confirmed that it has secured National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) funding to pay for some of its new charging stations. Created under the 2021 Infrastructure Act, the NEVI scheme provide $7.5 billion for one national network of 500,000 charging stations along 75,000 miles of highway, with funding allocated state by state. Love claims to be among the top three companies in terms of funding received.
Love’s Travel Stop EV Charging
According to Love, groundbreaking ceremonies for four NEVI-funded stations in Pennsylvania and four more in Kentucky will begin this year. Additional NEVI-funded stations are expected in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Washington. starting in 2025. It is an encouraging sign after relatively Slow rollout of federal charging network so far
Love points to factors like highway proximity, on-site amenities, and 24/7 staffing as pluses for co-locating EV charging stations with its travel centers. That’s also the case for one EV Fast Charging Network at Pilot Travel Centers being developed jointly with General Motors. The first 17 locations opened in 2023, with about 200 locations expected to open by the end of 2024.
