This startup wants to put EV chargers at fast-food restaurants — starting with a Taco Bell
Fast food and a quick chargeChargeNetThe San Diego startup is installing public charging stations at fast-food chains such as Taco Bell. At a Taco Bell in Northern California, electric-vehicle drivers can now recharge their rides while refueling on chalupas and tacos.
In partnership with ChargeNet, a San Diego public-charging-station startup, a Taco Bell restaurant near San Francisco is rolling out six fast-charging EV stations this week. The solar-powered stations can provide a 100-mile charge in 20 minutes or less for about $20, ChargeNet says. Tom Douglas, the chief operating officer of the Taco Bell franchisee company Diversified Restaurant Group, told Insider he liked being a trailblazer in the EV public-charging space. "I think it offers something that you can't get anywhere else in QSR," Douglas said, referring to quick-service restaurants."It also attracts some new customers who may have not given us a try before but now know that in 20 minutes, they can come charge their car and have lunch." Diversified operates nearly 300 Taco Bells and 28 Arby's restaurants, including six Taco Bell Cantinas. The company receives a"small cut of the EV revenue," Douglas said, declining to say what percentage the Taco Bell franchisee was receiving. Roughly 120 California Taco Bell restaurants owned by Diversified are set to add EV stations in the coming months. The move came after the California Air Resources Board said in August it would require all
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