Climate & energy

Charge your car while shopping

We are doing something for drivers of electric cars by creating 2,000 new charging points over the next years.

Text: Michael West
Image: Nik Hunger
Date: 01.01.2025
Format: What we do

Although Switzerland has an extensive network of public charging stations, there still aren’t enough private charging facilities. “Some 57% of people in our country live in rented accommodation,” says Krispin Romang, Managing Director of the industry association Swiss eMobility. “Not all apartment building owners are prepared to install a wallbox in the underground garage.” That’s why expansion of the network of public charging stations is all the more important.

Switzerland’s largest network

As the Swiss retailer offering the most charging opportunities for electric vehicles, we are now making a major contribution in this field. Our subsidiary Migrol installs and operates all the charging stations at Migros locations and is driving the expansion forward.

Over the next few years, Migrol will work with the different Migros cooperatives to increase availability further, creating 2000 new charging points. This expansion is advancing at speed and whenever new points are added, this is published both at "www.migrol.ch/migros-aufladen" and on the M-Charge app (iOS or Android).

Migrol decides together with the cooperatives on which charging capacity (22kW to fast charging at particularly suitable locations) to install at each store.

While their vehicle's batteries are charging, customers can shop at our supermarkets.