FUTURE READY MultiENERGIE site features Quebec’s largest fuel offering by Mark Cardwell
The first multi-fuel, multi-partner service station in Quebec is a sign of things to come in both greener energy alternatives and business prospects for automotive industry operators, says Jean-Claude Clément, vicepresident Fuel for Crevier Group, a fuel company and consortium partner that is supplying gasoline and diesel to the new and novel $10-million MultiENERGIE service centre. “This is all about investing in the future,” says Clément. “Service station networks need to be open to and ready to adapt to the new types of energy that are coming online so that we can develop and offer the right multi-fuel offer for our customers.”
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Located just off busy Autoroute 20 in the west-end of Lévis, a city located on the southern shore of the St. Lawrence River opposite Quebec City, the new service station offers six different kinds of fuel for light and heavy vehicles. The forecourt has four re-fuelling islands and eight corridors offering gas and diesel for light cars and trucks. As well, four supercharger stations that can recharge electric vehicles 80% in just 20 minutes are available. The site also features five refuelling points for heavy vehicles that use diesel or run on one of the two kinds of natural gas (compressed and liquified gas) that the station has on offer. These five Crevier Commercial re-fuelling points feature automated card-lock systems that are accessible around the clock. Looking to the future, underground tubing for
hydrogen fuel was installed during the construction of the green-field site in 2019. According to Clément, this is in preparation for the day if and when hydrogen becomes popular. For the hungry and time harried shopper, the new station sports a Crevier Express. This is the latest in a chain of a dozen c-stores that the third-generation, family-owned Crevier Group owns and operates through its network of nearly 200 service stations in Eastern Canada, 180 of them in Quebec. On offer is a wide selection, from lottery tickets, beer and wine to ready-to-eat foods. Also in the works is a deal with a well-known restaurant brand that Clément reports is interested in leasing the 5,000-sq.-ft. commercial space that is available adjacent to the c-store in the new Lévis service centre.
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