Ecotality Inc. (ECTY), the operator of the second-largest U.S. network of public electric-car charging stations, plans to install about 225 chargers at Kroger Co. (KR) stores, mostly in California and Arizona.
Adding chargers in markets including Phoenix, San Diego and Los Angeles will bring the total number at the nation’s largest grocery chain to about 300, according to a statement today from the companies.
Ecotality, based in San Francisco, is focusing its expansion efforts in the West, where about 75 percent of electric cars are sold, said Chief Executive Officer Ravi Brar.
“We have an immense amount of information coming from that network that tells us the frequency of usage, duration of usage, reliability factors and all sorts of info that lets us hone in on a particular location and say, ‘That one needs an expansion,’” Brar said in an interview.
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