Duck Thru installs first EV charging station

The retailer plans to further develop its EV charging capabilities for customers across Eastern North Carolina and Southern Virginia.

Jernigan Oil Company, Inc., parent company of Duck Thru Food Stores, has announced the deployment of its first electric vehicle (EV) charger.

The equipment has been installed at a Duck Thru located in Columbia, North Carolina, in partnership with FreeWire Technologies. This allows the retailer to offer alternative fueling options at this location to meet the needs of EV customers traveling through Eastern North Carolina.

While this is the first EV Charger that has been installed, Duck Thru plans to continue providing these services to their customers in Eastern North Carolina and Southern Virginia.

This project was co-funded by Jernigan Oil Company, Inc. and the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Division of Air Quality by utilizing the Volkswagen Mitigation Trust Funding. In North Carolina, EV adoption is increasing rapidly, with an increase of 48.6% in uptake during 2023.

Jernigan Oil is working to address this demand with the installation of its newest ultrafast EV charger. The FreeWire Boost Charger 200 is an ultrafast charger that has an integrated lithium-ion battery pack with 160 kWh of total energy storage capacity and a Battery Management System (BMS).

The charger has a maximum output of 200kWs, delivering approximately 200 miles in 15 minutes without putting additional strain on the community’s electric grid.

Duck Thru Food Stores is owned by Jernigan Oil Company, Inc. with 56 locations operating in Eastern North Carolina and Southern Virginia.