WALMART intends on adding electric vehicle (EV) charging stations to thousands of locations by 2030.
The charging locations will be at Walmart superstores, neighborhood markets and Sam's Club locations.
Vishal Kapadia, senior vice president, energy transformation for Walmart made the announcement earlier Thursday.
"We see our commitment today as a natural extension of our work to help customers and members live better, easier and more sustainable lives – a big win for busy families and drivers everywhere, our country and the planet," Kapadia said.
Currently, Walmart has nearly 1,300 EV charging stations at over 280 U.S. locations.
Having the option to charge at a convenient location like a Walmart could encourage more to try going electric, according to Kapadia.
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"With a store or club located within 10 miles of approximately 90% of Americans, 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," he said.
Walmart hopes customers will choose to charge their electric vehicles as they shop.
Keeping charging affordable will be key, according to Kapadia.
"We aim to offer Every day Low Price charging - helping ease transportation costs, still the second highest household cost for much of our country," he said.
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The news comes on the same week that Walmart revamped both its app and webpage.
The redesigned pages include bigger and sleeker imagery, more videos, and a social media-like scrolling experience.
"We’re rolling out a completely redesigned homepage, building a customer-centric and curated storefront on walmart.com and the Walmart app so customers can easily find what they need and be inspired to shop more of the hundreds of millions of items in our online assortment," Walmart said.
Walmart hopes the new look will not only be a benefit to customers but Walmart Marketplace sellers as well.
Walmart Marketplace lets third-party sellers distribute products with Walmart.
The company also announced that it will be expanding its use of AI in stores and warehouses in the next few years.
"By the end of Fiscal Year 2026, Walmart believes roughly 65% of stores will be serviced by automation," Walmart stated in a filing provided to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Current automated features at Walmart include self-checkout machines.
Walmart has also been experimenting with more automated features like QR code "touchpoints" which allow customers to check for similar items to the ones shown in the section.
This feature is currently only in use at select new Stores of the Future.
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