The joint collaboration has, over two years of operation, aimed to fill EV charging gaps along major travel routes, particularly in rural areas where fast chargers remain sparse. The companies claim that, in just under a year, the network has expanded from 25+ states to nearly 40. Some of these new states include Colorado, South Caroline, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Dakota, and Wyoming, while “significant expansion” has also taken place across Texas, Missouri and Florida.
Each partner in the collaboration handles a different aspect of the charging sites. Pilot / Flying J offer up their truck stops which are located across North America. EVgo offers up to 350kW fast chargers for these sites, while GM handles energy storage and management services. The end result of this are charging sites located across major travel corridors with a range of amenities and rest areas, plug-and-charge DC charging, and in many locations, overhead canopies with pull-through stalls for drivers that are towing or else travelling in an electric van.
Shannon Sturgil, SVP of alternative fuels at Pilot, said: “Our collaboration with General Motors and EVgo continues to bring highway-based charging to more routes where this critical infrastructure is needed to enable coast-to-coast EV travel.”
The collaboration between the three organisations was first announced in 2022. They state that they are “nearly halfway” to a long-term goal of building up to 2000 fast charging bays at more than 500 Pilot and Flying J locations across the USA. Currently, they expect to have opened 1000 charging stalls across 40 states by the end of this calendar year.
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