Circle K Owner Plans Electric-Car Charging Push in U.S., Canada

  • Couche-Tard to add EV stations after testing market in Norway
  • Quebec company hopes to sell at-home vehicle charging too
Customers exit the store at a Circle K gas station, operated by Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., in the Oekern district of Oslo, Norway, on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017. Couche-Tard is using the Nordic country as a testing ground for how to respond to the electric-vehicle boom.Photographer: Kyrre Lien/Bloomberg
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Circle K owner Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. is taking its electric car strategy to North America after learning from consumer habits in northern Europe.

The Laval, Quebec-based convenience store giant will add charging stations at locations on the west coast of the U.S. and Canada and in its home province, Chief Executive Officer Brian Hannasch said in an interview Wednesday. Longer term, the company wants to expand into at-home vehicle charging in North America, as it’s doing in Norway.