Shell is deploying 60 ultra-fast chargers with a capacity of 400 kW. There’s already BIAŁYSTOK, there’s POZNAŃ, and there are MARKI.

Shell claimed to have 40 charging stations in 17 locations across Poland, and through collaboration with the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management, it will introduce another 60 chargers with a capacity of 400 kW. The first three are already in operation, having been launched in Białystok and Poznań, and today at Shell’s station in Marki near Warsaw, right next to the M1 shopping center. Charging there will be pricey, as usual with Shell: the Elocity app shows a rate of 3.3 PLN/kWh.

Shell expanding its charging station network in Poland

The development of Shell’s electric vehicle charging station network in Poland has been full of twists and turns. An RFID card for individual consumers (B2C) was supposed to be introduced, but it never reached us, although such a product was offered in the business segment (B2B). In our country, the Shell Recharge app was also discontinued; the operator likely disliked the fact that people used it and thus demanded transactions take place on their own platform. Yet the company firmly states its commitment to growth, with more charging stations being built—Shell will eventually have dozens of them in total.

The first batch of several dozen chargers was introduced in recent years, and there were never long queues for them because Shell didn’t focus on promotions but instead insisted on a rate of over 3 zlotys per 1 kWh. Additional chargers will be launched thanks to substantial funding from NFOŚiGW, with the company referring to it as a “strategic partnership” with the fund. The rates remain high, at 3.3 zlotys/kWh at Elocity. Interestingly, we’ll pay exactly the same amount whether using a 400 kW charger in Marki or a 120 kW device in Trzcianka, just dozens of kilometers away.

Magdalena Pawlikowska, head of operations and e-mobility development in Central and Eastern Europe at Shell. Along with the new Shell Recharge station in Marki

Shell assumes that by 2026 it will deploy 25 chargers in 25 locations. Each of these will have two connectors, resulting in a total of 50 charging points with a maximum power of 400 kW [shared among vehicles]. In addition to Białegostok, Poznań, and Marek, where the devices are already in use, other locations planned include Leszno, Gliwice, Białe Błota, and Tarnów. The completion of this infrastructure will take place by 2028. As our reader, Mr. Tomasz, advises, it is best to use Shell’s charging stations through intermediary companies—the Ewe Go app allowed for a reduced rate of 0.62 euros/kWh, or 2.68 zł/kWh, a few months ago.

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