Walmart opened its 100th company-owned fast-charging site for electric vehicles, expanding its network to 100 stores across 20 U.S. states. The new site is located inside the Walmart Supercenter at 16218 Jackson Creek Parkway in Monument, Colorado, and includes eight charging ports: four using the CCS1 standard and four using the NACS standard, with maximum output of up to 400 kilowatts.
This does not mean that every electric vehicle will actually receive 400 kilowatts; most models currently available cannot accept the full output. Shayne Wahlmeier, senior vice president of Walmart Energy, said reaching 100 sites represents an important milestone, and that the network’s broad expansion is intended to make charging more accessible to communities, while also expanding the services offered to the company’s customers.
Charging-station specifications
Most Walmart sites have between eight and 16 ports, distributed between CCS1 and NACS, while the Monument site represents a smaller station model within the network. The company relies on 400-kilowatt chargers from Switzerland’s ABB E-mobility and Italy’s Alpitronic. The models in use include the ABB A400 All-in-One and the Alpitronic HYC400 Hypercharger, with ABB equipment installed at the Colorado site.
According to ABB, the A400 can distribute 200 kilowatts simultaneously to two vehicles, or deliver its full 400-kilowatt output to a single vehicle. Alpitronic units operate similarly; each charger includes one CCS1 cable and one NACS cable and can serve two parking spaces. In an early test of a Walmart station in McKinney, Texas, a GMC Hummer EV was able to draw more than 300 kilowatts and go from 1% to 53% charge in 27 minutes, according to a test conducted by InsideEVs.
In-house software platform and unified payment experience
Walmart purchases the charging equipment, but develops the network’s operating platform internally through Walmart Global Tech. The platform connects the chargers, processes live availability and performance data, manages payments, and also sends station information to Apple Maps, Google Maps, PlugShare, ChargeHub, and Chargeway.
Charging features appear within Walmart’s regular app, eliminating the need to download a separate application. Through the app, drivers can locate a charger, start a session, pay the cost, and monitor the charging process from their phones, while Walmart+ members receive a discount on charging sessions. The company said additional payment methods will arrive as the network expands.
What does this mean for electric-vehicle drivers?
Walmart combines charging-station locations inside its stores with unified operational and software management, which could make charging stops part of a shopping trip rather than relying on a standalone station. However, the user experience will also be affected by port availability, the vehicle’s compatibility with CCS1 or NACS, and the power the vehicle can actually accept—not just the charger’s rated output.
Walmart originally announced plans to install chargers at thousands of Walmart and Sam’s Club stores by 2030. With more than 5,200 locations in the United States, and approximately 90% of Americans living within 10 miles of one of its stores, the company has a broad site base that could support significant expansion of fast charging across the country.