Walmart has been permitted for site work to install electric vehicle chargers at another Supercenter, joining six Supercenters and two Neighborhood Markets in Jacksonville that have been permitted while three more store sites are in review.
That totals 12 locations for the EV chargers in Jacksonville at $1.3 million each, or $15.6 million for all.
For the latest, the city issued a permit Dec. 1 for the Supercenter at 13490 Beach Blvd. at southwest Beach and Hodges boulevards in the Beach Haven area.
That comes after a permit Nov. 7 for the Supercenter at 7075 Collins Road in Southwest Jacksonville.
Seven were issued Aug. 11 for the:
• Arlington Kendall Town Supercenter, 9890 Hutchinson Park Drive.
• Arlington Neighborhood Market, 8011 Merrill Road.
• The Avenues mall area Supercenter, 10251 Shops Lane.
• Mandarin Neighborhood Market, 10550 Old St. Augustine Road.
• Mandarin Supercenter, 10991 San Jose Blvd.
• Southside Supercenter, 8808 Beach Blvd.
• West Jacksonville Supercenter, 6767 103rd St.
The permits are for the site work for the conversion of some existing parking spaces to electric vehicle parking stalls and the installation of chargers, transformers, signage and civil site work at a horizontal development project cost of $1.3 million at each location.
The permits in review are at:
• East Arlington/Sandalwood Supercenter, 11900 Atlantic Blvd.
• North Jacksonville Supercenter, 13227 City Square Drive in River City Marketplace.
• West Jacksonville Supercenter, 6830 Normandy Blvd.
Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. of Alpharetta, Georgia, is the civil engineer.
Walmart announced in April 2023 that it plans to build its own EV fast-charging network at thousands of its Walmart and Sam’s Club stores across the country by 2030.
Those are in addition to the almost 1,300 EV fast-charging stations Walmart said it had available at more than 280 facilities at that time.
Walmart said that with a store or club within 10 miles of about 90% of U.S. residents, “We are uniquely positioned to deliver a convenient charging option that will help make EV ownership possible whether people live in rural, suburban or urban areas.”
Walmart.com says that the chargers now are at 10 locations – eight in Texas and one each in Arkansas and Oklahoma.
A dozen are coming soon, comprising six in Texas, four in Arizona, one in Georgia and one in Florida in Lakeland.
The site advises customers of the chargers to download the Walmart app, scan the QR code on the charging station, plug in the connector to start charging, and “you’re free to explore the store. We’ll notify you when charging is complete.”
ChargeDevs.com reported in April that new company-owned and -operated chargers will be in addition to the third-party chargers already in service.