Industry · Retail

Sized to your dwell time. Not oversold to anyone else's.

A supermarket, service station, and hotel each need different infrastructure. We size to dwell time and concurrent demand, not someone else's spec.

Industry operating environment
The operational reality

The wrong-sized charger costs more than the right-sized one.

High-power DC at a supermarket where customers shop for an hour is wasted CapEx and demand charges. Low-power AC at a quick-stop service station strands drivers who need to get back on the road. The right deployment matches dwell time, throughput, and site purpose. Most retail charging is sold by people paid to upsize. We design around the operation, then specify what fits.

Where it matters most

Four retail contexts. Four different infrastructure decisions.

  • 01

    Supermarkets and retail parks

    Shopping trips create extended dwell windows. Spread power across many points so every vehicle gets one. Moderate per-point output is fine; dwell time covers the charge. CapEx stays modest, utilization stays high.

  • 02

    Service stations and quick-stop

    Customers want to be back on the road quickly. Fewer, higher-power DC points beat more, slower ones. The math is the inverse of supermarkets — concentrate power where dwell time is short.

  • 03

    Hospitality and hotels

    Overnight stays mean long, low-urgency dwell. AC charging is sufficient and substantially lower CapEx than DC. Deploy AC Pro or AC Elite across the lot; reserve DC for short-stay daytime guests where relevant.

  • 04

    Mixed-use and class-A office

    A blend of all-day office parkers, lunchtime shoppers, and occasional service-stop traffic. The cloud back-end lets one infrastructure serve all three through differentiated tariffs and access policies.

Why right-sizing matters

Right-sized beats oversized, every time.

In a good retail location, the typical shopping or service stop is long enough to deliver most of the charge customers need with sensibly-sized DC. Oversizing the charger doesn't make the customer leave faster — it just pushes up the bill on equipment, electrical service, and demand charges that never get used.

  • 21.5" Advertising touchscreen on the DC Compact for retail revenue
  • 99% Designed uptime target across deployed systems
  • 50 kW Reduced-capacity fallback if a power module fails — site stays online
  • Modular A failed power module is swapped without taking the site offline
Distributed DC charging system deployed on site
Recommended hardware

Built for retail charging operations.

Every product in our portfolio fits retail environments. From DC ultra-fast for highway plazas and service stations to AC for customer parking and overnight stays, all four lines integrate as one system.

See it in operation
Remington Homes mixed-use deployment in Markham
Retail / Residential · Markham, Ontario

A mixed-use community charging at every tier.

DC fast charging for retail visitors combined with AC charging at scale for residents — 7 DC fast ports, 16 high-power AC ports, and 180 AC chargers across the property.

  • 350 kW DC fast (7 ports)
  • 19.2 kW AC ports (16)
  • 180 Resident AC chargers