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Wawa has just taken its long-standing relationship with Tesla to the next level. The convenience store chain has opened its first fully owned Tesla Supercharger site, marking a milestone for Tesla’s Supercharger for Business program and deepening a partnership that dates back nearly a decade.
The new Supercharger location is now live at a Wawa in Alachua, Florida, located at 16110 Northwest US Highway 441, Alachua, FL. The site features 16 Tesla Supercharger stalls and is notable for carrying Wawa’s own branding on the chargers, rather than Tesla’s standard look — a sign of how much control hosts can now have under the program.
Tesla Charging Director Max de Zegher shared that he first met Wawa leadership back in 2015, when he took them for a drive in a Model S at their Pennsylvania headquarters. According to de Zegher, Wawa quickly saw the potential of EV charging, much like it once did with gas pumps decades earlier. Today, that early bet has paid off in a big way. Wawa is now the largest host of Tesla Superchargers anywhere, with 223 sites and 2,115 stalls across the U.S.
What makes this Alachua location especially significant is that it’s the first charging infrastructure Wawa has chosen to fully own, including pricing and branding. Tesla still handled the design, permitting, and construction using its pre-assembled Supercharger units — part of what de Zegher calls the “secret sauce” that keeps costs down and deployment fast.
This site is a real-world example of Tesla’s Supercharger for Business initiative, which launched last September and allows businesses to purchase and operate Superchargers on their own properties while Tesla manages uptime, software, maintenance, and driver support. Hosts benefit from Tesla’s industry-leading 97% uptime guarantee and full integration into the Supercharger network, including route planning and live availability.
Wawa’s move follows Tesla’s first white-label Supercharger launch in Florida last November and comes as the company continues to aggressively scale its charging footprint, including plans for the world’s largest Supercharger site — a massive 304-stall location in California.
With Wawa now owning and branding its own Superchargers, this could be a glimpse at the future of EV charging, where major retailers don’t just host chargers — they invest in and operate them directly.
