Flo Partners with Tim Hortons to Fill Your Battery While You Fill Your Coffee Mug
Soon, a double-double won’t just be your coffee order, it could mean filling your electric vehicle’s (EV) battery while you get your caffeine fix. That’s because Tim Hortons is partnering with Quebec-based EV charging infrastructure company, Flo, to get fast-charging plugs at 100 of its locations by the end of 2028.
The plan would make Tim Hortons the largest restaurant provider of EV fast charging plugs in Canada, based on currently available data. But coffee lovers won’t necessarily have to wait until then to charge their EV because the first fast-charging location erected under this agreement has already opened and is located at 3810 Chuka Boulevard in Regina, Sask.
Flo plans to open fast chargers at another 13 Tim Hortons locations by the end of this year. In 2026, the two aim to have another 50 locations operational around the country. Indeed, the coffee shop chain says it plans to install charging location at restaurants in all 10 provinces, though no mention has been made of the Territories.
The chargers chosen for these locations are Flo Ultra fast-chargers that can help drivers recover up to 120 km of range in as little as 10 minutes. Naturally, all locations will be part of Flo’s charging network.
The new installations are part of wider partnership that Flo has entered into with the Canada Infrastructure Bank. The latter committed $235 million to the charging company with the aim of bringing more than 1,900 fast charging ports online across the country.
This continues Flo’s strategy of partnering with stores to put its charging stations near places that people spend time anyway. In 2024, the company partnered with grocery giant Metro to install 500 charging ports at more than 130 grocery stores across Quebec and Ontario.
It hasn’t all been good news for Flo, though, which announced last month that it would close its charging station factory in Shawinigan and laid off 80 salaried workers.
