Charge your EV while you grab a sandwich. Restaurant brand Subway is partnering with a top EV charging system to provide hundreds of locations, so you can fill your battery while you fill your stomach.
These are no ordinary charging kiosks. The design offers shaded canopies with multiple ports, picnic tables, Wi-Fi, restrooms, green space and even playgrounds. It is being rolled out at new or newly remodeled Subway locations.
The charging partnership is with GenZ EV Solutions and its charging network RED E Charge.
Subway is calling the design Subway Oasis.
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There also will be special dedicated Subway promotions available only while using the EV charging stations.
There already are EV chargers in shopping malls, hotels and stand-alone restaurants, but this is the first I know of that includes full-service rest facilities and discount deals for food.
Subway is marketing this as “designed to offer added convenience for on-the-go guests, while doing good for the planet and generating incremental revenue for franchisees”, according to a press release we received.
As drivers increasingly shift to electric vehicles, the restaurant chain is well positioned to offer a quick, reliable charge to EV motorists and contribute to a national network of charging stations – adding to the critical infrastructure that makes EVs more reliable.
Unfortunately, the information from Subway and GenZ EV Solutions do not identify where these Subway Oasis locations will be.
Also unfortunately, there is no information whether these will be Level 2 or Level 3 fast chargers, or a combination.
Stay tuned.
About Subway® Restaurants
As one of the world’s largest quick service restaurant brands, Subway serves freshly made-to-order sandwiches, wraps, salads and bowls to millions of guests, across more than 100 countries in nearly 37,000 restaurants every day. Subway restaurants are owned and operated by Subway franchisees – a network that includes thousands of dedicated entrepreneurs and small business owners.
About GenZ EV Solutions, LLC
GenZ EV Solutions, LLC, a private firm based in Miami, was founded by a team of entrepreneurs at the crossroads of sustainability, technology and finance, with a focus on developing charging infrastructure solutions to tackle today’s EV challenges, from individual parking lot charging locations to larger commercial charging destinations. Along with its operational partners, GenZ offers a complete platform of services spanning the design, engineering, installation and maintenance of EV charging solutions.
ecoXplorer Evelyn Kanter is a journalist with 20+ years of experience as a newspaper and magazine writer, radio & TV news producer & reporter, and author of guidebooks and smartphone apps – all focusing on travel, automotive, the environment and your rights as a consumer.
ecoXplorer Evelyn Kanter currently serves as President of the International Motor Press Assn. (IMPA) and is a former Board Member of the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW)
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