Norway: Circle K site goes full electric

The service station in Oslo changes pumps for electric chargers.

Circle K at Aleksander Kielland’s place in Oslo has replace one dual side dipenser with electric chargers, becoming the first gas station in the world to do so, reports Vårt Oslo. The location is the only one of Circle K's 16,000 petrol stations international network to replace gas pumps with EV chargers.

“We have never done this before. There are fierce battles over the square meters at gas stations, and the gas pumps still deliver the core products and drive most of the traffic to our stations,” says Circle K's Sverre Rosén in a company press release.

“But now there is a development in Norway. Fast charging is in high demand and there is a growing customer segment. It is nice to be a pioneer for the whole world in this way,” says Rosén.

The station still have four more dispners in operation, delivering fuel to the traditional customer.

“We’re in a new era. It is a historic milestone that the gas station chains replace fossil fuel pumps with electric chargers. We congratulate Circle K for investing in electric cars,” says Electric Car Association (Elbilforeningen) Transformation and Secretary General, Christina Bu.

* This article was ammended on September 30 to state that one dual dispenser and not all had been replaced.