2000 charging points by 2025 is the objective set by McDonald’s and its partner Izivia, a subsidiary of EDF. The fast food giant has actually announced that it will equip half of its car parks with charging stations for electric cars. It intends to equip 700 car parks with fast charging terminals, supplied by Delta and Ingeteam, offering a power of 150 to 200 kW, and delivering a voltage of 800 Volts, which will allow compatible cars to reach 80% autonomy in 20 minutes. The inventor of the Big Mac thus contrasts with supermarkets which have also, and some, equipped their car parks with terminals, often offering AC charging of only up to 22 kW.
“Time for a coffee break or something to eat“, emphasize in a press release McDonald’s, Izivia and the Siloé fund of Crédit Mutuel, which co-finances the operation. “Each site will be equipped with one to three terminals. This will depend on the size of the car park and the needs, depending on attendance. To determine the number of terminals, we take into account the rate of equipment with electric cars in the region, the traffic flow, but also the presence or absence of other fast terminals around“, explained Christelle Vives, the general director of Izivia.
“Attractive” prices
The prices will be “attractive” and the terminals will be compatible with bank cards and badges from different operators or via a simple QR Code. It will be €0.35/kWh, and even €0.30/kWh during happy hour.
Izivia thus confirms “its ambition to occupy a leading position in fast charging, for the benefit of all electric motorists, not only in large metropolises, but by guaranteeing coverage of the entire territory“, declared its general director.
McDonald’s has already started equipping its parking lots with terminals in different countries such as Italy, the United Kingdom and Sweden. And it anticipates the mobility orientation law (LOM) which will require companies to install a charging point as soon as they have more than 20 parking spaces before January 1, 2025.
As of October 31, 2023, France had 111,209 charging points open to the public, which corresponds to an increase of + 47% in their number in one year, according to the latest barometer from Avere-France and the Ministry of Transition. But only 14% offer charging powers greater than 50 kW. And, on average, charging points above 150 kW were available, as of October 2023, 81% of the time.
Sources: Challenges, Les Échos, Avere-France