Hickory, NC Rechargery Relay @ Circle K - Hwy. 70 SE

Of its 4 ports, 4 are DC fast. DC fast ports deliver direct current straight to the battery and are the ones used for quick stops on longer trips. That is about 27% above the North Carolina average of 3.2 ports per station. The registry lists 2 connector types: CCS, Combined Charging System — the J1772-based DC fast connector; NACS (Tesla), the North American Charging Standard connector.

Hickory has 11 charging stations in the DOE registry with 40 ports. Hickory, NC Rechargery Relay @ Circle K - Hwy. 70 SE accounts for 10% of the charging ports in Hickory. It is the only IONNA station in Hickory. Statewide, North Carolina has 2,050 stations and 6,462 ports, the 15th-largest station count of the 51 states and DC. The biggest station in North Carolina, Fort Bragg in Fayettville, has 138 ports.

The automaker joint-venture DC fast network (BMW, GM, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes, Stellantis, Toyota). IONNA operates 199 stations in the registry across 31 states, with 1,654 DC fast ports in total. 16 of those stations are in North Carolina, under 1% of the state's 2,050.

“Available” means the station is open and in service according to the DOE registry. Its access code is public, meaning it is listed as open to any driver. It opened on Sep 4, 2026, one of 155 stations in North Carolina with a 2026 open date. The station's record was last updated at the source on Oct 12, 2026.