Hit The Breaks: Gas Chain With Numerous Iowa Locations Closing Stores in 2025

As 2025 gets started, we have news of another major chain closing down locations. This time it's a gas company with numerous Eastern Iowa locations.

While originally announced in early 2024, the plan is for Shell to shutter 1,000 of its locations.

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The reason isn't so much that business is down, but rather that business is changing.

Shell Looks to Get into EV Charging

As you no doubt are aware, there's a major move in the U.S. toward EVs or, electric vehicles. As a result, many American motorists no longer need fuel for their vehicles.

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With electric vehicle use on the rise, Shell is looking to capitalize on this change in customer needs and shift away from operating as many gas-based locations.

There is no word yet on what locations, if any, in our area will close.

The thinking is by 2030, which is only five years away now, there will be 275 million EV vehicles in the United States.

Whether any area locations close remains to be seen. As of this writing, Iowa has 42 Shell locations.

Three are in Cedar Rapids, one in Waterloo, and the majority are in the Quad Cities, including eight in Davenport and three in Bettendorf.

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