Coles and Evie to Roll Out Fast Chargers at Up to 30 Supermarkets

Coles and Evie Networks will install DC fast chargers at up to 30 Coles supermarket car parks across Australia over two years, starting at Middle Camberwell in Victoria. The first site uses Kempower hardware with up to 200 kW shared dynamically across four bays. That peak is a cabinet ceiling, not a per-car promise when the car park’s busy.

Fleet EV News covered the 5 August 2026 announcement. More Victorian and Queensland sites, including Orana Village, Beveridge, Annerley and Milton Village, are flagged to open before the end of 2026. Don’t treat that list as live pins until the Evie app shows them.

Why put fast chargers in supermarket car parks?

Evie CEO Chris Mills said drivers want charging that fits a normal day. Supermarket car parks already match the time people spend inside. Coles Head of Energy Jane Mansfield told reporters that EV owners look for convenient stops where charge duration lines up with the weekly shop.

Evie’s annual survey of more than 8,800 drivers, cited in the announcement, found 83 per cent visit food or retail outlets while their vehicle charges. So Coles isn’t inventing a new habit. It’s betting the habit sticks as battery-electric sales climb.

That’s the destination-charging idea in plain English. You’re not hunting a lonely highway hub for a five-minute splash. You’re plugging in while you grab groceries, then moving the car when you’re done. For how supermarket AC differs from highway DC manners, see our EV charging etiquette guide.

What Middle Camberwell actually offers

The first site features Kempower chargers with up to 200 kW total capacity shared across four bays. Actual speed per car depends on how many vehicles are plugged in, each car’s charging curve and battery temperature. If two or three cars share the cabinet, nobody gets the sticker peak.

Drivers locate participating stores and start sessions through the Evie app, which shows availability signals and handles payment. Site selection for later rollouts will weigh local EV uptake and gaps in existing infrastructure, Mansfield said. That means outer-suburban growth corridors and busy metro stores with thin DC coverage are more likely than every Coles on the map.

But don’t assume every Coles car park has DC on day one. The partnership is staged over two years. New pins appear when hardware goes live, not when the press release lands.

Named sites before the end of 2026

Beyond Middle Camberwell, the announcement points to Orana Village and Beveridge in Victoria, plus Annerley and Milton Village in Queensland, as early follow-ons. Treat those names as a rollout shortlist, not a live occupancy map. Confirm each pin in the Evie app before you divert across town.

• Orana Village and Beveridge sit on Melbourne-side growth corridors where supermarket stops already soak up evening traffic.
• Annerley and Milton Village add inner-Brisbane options where parking time and shop time often line up.
• Cabinet power and bay count can differ by store. Don’t copy Middle Camberwell’s four-bay shared 200 kW onto every future site.

If you’re planning a weekly shop around a charge, build a backup from another network in the same suburb. App availability figures are snapshots. We never invent live bay counts on this site.

Market context in mid-2026

The partnership lands as Australian BEV sales climbed sharply in mid-2026. Figures referenced in the Coles/Evie release put June battery-electric sales above 30,000 units, with BEVs near 23.5 per cent of new vehicle sales that month. More cars on the road means more demand for chargers that sit where people already stop.

Coles has also been trialling electric prime movers on freight routes, so customer-facing chargers sit alongside fleet experiments. That doesn’t change how you start a session in the car park. It does show the retailer is testing electrification on both sides of the business.

Network choice still matters. Evie isn’t the only supermarket-adjacent option. Chargefox, Jolt and others still cover plenty of retail and highway sites. Compare apps in Chargefox vs Evie if you’re picking which account to set up first.

What drivers should expect at Coles Evie bays

• Busy periods may split power across four cars. Plan a shopping-length stop, not a five-minute splash-and-dash, unless the app shows spare capacity.
• Member discounts from other networks may not apply on Evie hardware. Use Evie payment paths unless roaming is announced for that site.
• Idle the bay once you’ve got enough charge. Shopping-centre etiquette still applies: don’t leave a finished car blocking a fast stall while you wander the aisles.
• New pins will appear gradually. Check the Evie app and our locations hub rather than assuming every Coles now has DC.

If you’re new to public DC, walk through the bay sequence in how to use a public EV charger before your first supermarket stop. Wrong plug or failed login wastes more time than the shop itself.

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