Good day, fellow Spring Range Seeker 🌷⚡🛣️

The season is rife with fresh deployments and new names, as charging providers across the continent seek to shake off the deep freeze of winter, and close out the first quarter with a flourish. Congratulations, then, to IONNA, which finally surpassed 100 US locations this week, and to SureCharge, which has now energized early locations in western Canada that were promised last year.

Most of this week’s update has a distinctly forward-looking sentiment, as Tesla produces its last V3 Supercharger cabinet and looks to a future of full V4 at 1,000V, while Francis Energy blends the automaker’s hardware into its home network in Oklahoma and powers new NEVI locations across the Midwest. And over at EVCS 2026 in Las Vegas, it looks like the charging sector is shrugging off policy and EV sales confusion, choosing to develop and build infrastructure regardless. Here’s a neat recap from Energy 5’s Ray Delfing IV.

Thus enthused, let’s dive into this week’s EVI developments across the continent ⤵️

News - The reality of charging every passenger EV at its full power with Superchargers is a step closer this week, as Tesla installs full V4 sites in new states and confirms the final V3 power cabinets have been produced at Gigafactory New York.

Numbers - Bidding adieu to V3 Superchargers, it’s worth noting that Tesla shared more than 15,000 V3 cabinets were produced at Giga NY over seven years. That’s enough to power 60,000 Supercharger stalls. On the V4 side, the cabinets deliver up to 1.2MW across a site, with the potential to hit up to 500kW at the stall level. In 2025, only two Supercharger locations deployed this hardware. That expanded to four this week, as you can read more about in the Fast Forward section below.

Nuance - As comprehensive and consistently reliable as the Supercharger network has been, its Achilles heel as the company transitions to open access for non-Tesla EVs is power. The voltage-limited V3 power cabinets failed to deliver maximum output for higher-voltage models, including Tesla’s own Cybertruck, leaving other networks a niche to exploit. V4 dispensers have been common for years, but the 1,000V power cabinets that deliver true V4 power weren’t unveiled until late 2024. 18 months on, we can expect to see 500kW Superchargers become much more common as the latest generation of Tesla’s hardware becomes all it ships from Giga NY.

Next Up - The transition will still take some time to filter into deployments, as sites coming online today have often been in the planning pipeline for 12-18 months. However, thanks to supercharge.info, we know of more than 50 planned locations across 19 states that will be true V4 Superchargers. Watch for more of those to hit the construction and activation sections of this newsletter in the months ahead.

News - The charging network backed by eight major automakers, IONNA, finally pushed past 100 sites energized this week, after initially targeting the milestone by the end of 2025. Here’s where they’ve expanded and what comes next…

Numbers - 966 ports at 101 Rechargeries across 30 states, but no Canadian provinces, as yet. New York’s first Rechargery is also waiting in the wings to make that 31, potentially setting IONNA up for 1,000 ports before March is out. The average stall count per site is 9.6, which is significantly higher than all competing networks, except Tesla Superchargers, bp pulse, and the Mercedes-Benz High Power Charging project.

Nuance - As it began opening Rechargeries early last year, IONNA’s 2025 target was “1,000 bays” by the end of the year, which was widely equated to around 100 individual locations. It’s a few months late and 1,000 bay still needs to be surpassed, but sites like the 18-port/bay/stall Rechargery at a new Wawa in Lima, OH, bring the network within a few more activations of that target. The pace is nonetheless impressive, as only Electrify America (9 months) and Tesla (19 months) opened 100 DCFC locations more quickly.

Next Up - What comes next is inarguably far more important than hitting 100 locations. IONNA has grand designs to reshape the charging experience, from on-site amenities to community events and affordability. Developments like the first full Rechargery Beacon in Westminster, CA, and charging hubs in major metro areas such as San Francisco and New York City will tell us more about the company’s broader vision. Also expect news of the network’s first cross-country routes in the US sometime in spring, as just a few key sites on I-70 and I-15 remain to bridge the final gaps.

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News - A jump this week for AC charging additions, with ChargeLab’s data cleansing behind more than half of the listings updated. Of the remainder, ChargePoint (170 ports) and Turn On Green (70 ports) are the major contributors.

Numbers - 1,636 L2 charging ports added to the Alternative Fuels Data Center with this week’s open date, with sites spanning 39 states and eight provinces.

Notable New L2 + AFDC Additions:

🟠 ChargePoint added 170 ports across the United States and Canada, with notable sites including eight new L2 ports added to an existing install at Rancho Mirage City Hall in California, and 10 added at the Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital complex in Union Gap, WA.

◾ Blink Charging added 26 new ports eight locations this week. The most notable is six new workplace ports at The Olde Pickle Factory in Medina, NY, a renovated industrial property on the stretch between Buffalo and Rochester.

🔌 Flo deployed eight ports across four sites, including four at the Chinook apartment lots of Washington State University in Pullman, and an upgrade to the destination charging at Zak’s Home Hardware in Saskatoon, SK.

💠 Coral EV added 16 ports across five locations, four of which are in Pennsylvania. Hershey Villas might be the sweetest addition for EV drivers traveling in the state, as the site is located right next to Hershey Gardens and the well-known theme park.

🔷 Circuit électrique added eight ports at three municipal locations in Mont-Blanc, QC.

📍 Red E energized new L2 ports at two Midwest locations, with six at Hanon Systems in Novi, MI, and another four at a city parking garage in Chicago, IL.

🟢 Turn On Green posted a highly active L2 footprint and recently shared details of the network’s partnership with Foster City in California.

News - A data drop from ChargeLab skews the numbers somewhat this week, with many more Canadian sites than we’d usually see. It offers an opportunity to look at less discussed names north of the border, such as EVsmart, Filgo, and SureCharge, while also noting milestones like IONNA’s first 100 Rechargeries and 800+ ports for Mercedes-Benz HPC.

Numbers - 680 DC charging ports at 167 charging locations added to the Alternative Fuels Data Center this week, spread across 27 states and seven provinces.

Check out the DCFCtracker.com site to see a map of the latest AFDC additions, which can also be filtered down to the past week or month, as seen below. Credit: AlejandroEV66.

Notable New Locations + AFDC Additions:

⚡ SureCharge starts life in western Canada with two equally impressive and important sites in Alberta, one in Red Deer and another in Rocky View County. Both deploy Wallbox’s latest line of fast chargers, which bring up to 180kW of power and NACS-J3400 handles, as well as CCS1, to locations with limited DCFC options. The locations were officially energized earlier this year, but only made their way into AFDC listings last week.

🪙 Francis Energy continued the NEVI side of its expansion for a third consecutive week, energizing new sites funded by the program in Kentucky and Pennsylvania. Four stalls at a Casey’s in Glasgow, KY, were confirmed online, bringing the Bluegrass State to six active NEVI sites. To the north, in Pennsylvania, another Francis location in Edinboro adds yet another site for the program’s leading state. Here’s a short update I wrote on PA’s NEVI progress to date.

🐚 Shell Recharge’s latest site in Houston, TX, underscores the increased competition around DC fast charging, with a dedicated 16-stall fast-charging hub now open on Washington Avenue. That’s not new in itself, as IONNA did much the same thing around a year ago, with its Houston Rechargery just a mile down the same road. It makes for an interesting comparison, as the Shell site has twice as many stalls and potentially easier ingress, while the IONNA location is priced lower, has a canopy, and offers NACS-J3400 access without the need for an adapter.

🔴 Tesla Charging opened nine new Superchargers in as many states this week, with some interesting picks among them. Two are the first true V4 Supercharger sites on the East Coast and Midwest, with the latest power cabinets bringing up to 500kW to sites in Kissimmee, FL, and Nashville, TN. The other notable location is Tesla’s latest NEVI-funded Supercharger in Pennsylvania. The Woodlyn Supercharger brings PA’s total to 32 NEVI sites.

📍 Pilot-Flying J opened two new travel center sites on either side of the US, one in Ellabell, GA, and another in Tumwater, WA (🧐— which is actually Olympia, according to the map, but who’s to question AFDC records?). No pictures from Ellabell yet, but our chap in the Pacific Northwest, AC, always delivers the goods: photo below of the latest Washington location, complete with much-appreciated rain-shielding canopy.

⭕ Red E spreads its wings beyond Michigan and Massachusetts this week, with new sites in Florida, Nevada, and various Northeast locations. The FasCharge site in Belle Isle, FL, is handy for Orlando International Airport, while another in Alamo, NV, rehabilitates an existing site with aging hardware. A more powerful pick is the 320kW AUTEL hardware installed at a Citgo in Walden, NY, which I’m sure to try next time we’re charging down to Pennsylvania and choose not to linger in Newburgh, NY (although the RAN/Cosimo’s combo there is well worth a longer stop, if you’re hungry 🍕⚡).

🟢 Electrify America had a good week, energizing three new locations across the US. A 12-stall site in Columbus, OH, is 2-3x the size of what most EV drivers are used to with EA, while the 10 stalls in Kyle, TX, are equally valuable. Even the smallest site, six stalls in Catonsville, MD, is cause for celebration, as it represents another progression of the network’s partnership with c-store chain Royal Farms.

🌊 BC Hydro opened two new fast-charging sites in Vancouver, adding 18 ports in total. One location (E. Hastings St) adds 12 open stalls that could accommodate pull-through charging up to 180kW, while the second (Ross Drive) is a curbside deployment.

📍 Electric Era started commissioning the company’s first site in Maine, with the soft launch of what will soon be four stalls at an Alltown c-store in Orono. The station was funded in part by Recharge Maine, which is a state-level initiative, and is expected to be officially opened before the end of the month.

To see how and where the leading charging vendors are expanding, check out The Network Architect Channel on YouTube for weekly DCFC updates.

📢 Tesla’s confirmation that the final V3 Supercharger cabinets were produced at Gigafactory Buffalo earlier this month clears the way for more true V4, 1000V locations. Some initial sites to watch for construction are San Francisco, CA, Missoula, MT, Albany and Beaverton, OR, and Longview, TX.

📝 In broader permitting news, we have new Superchargers found by MarcoRP1 for Rancho Cucamonga, CA, Thornhill, ON, Tifton, GA, and Hudson, WI. Meanwhile, AlejandroEV66 had no new permits identified for IONNA but RANtracker did confirm permits issued for Centennial, CO, and a newly planned Rivian Adventure Network location set for Tremonton, UT.

🚧 Imminent construction is a more fertile area for IONNA, with the 100 sites milestone announcement also sharing that 340 charging hubs with 3,700 charging points are now in the final planning stages. On the ground, with 12 Rechargeries, Florida has been an important expansion market for the network. Friend of the newsletter (and Mustang enthusiast 🐴) Scott offers construction observations for Casselberry and Orlando, including the image above from the former. Although that one looks good, with a Publix and more nearby, the Orlando site raised concerns about security/safety after dark.

👷‍♂️ Checking in with various stages of the Walmart project, which now officially lists 20 states in play on the company’s website, The Arkansas eTraveler’s tracking shows: 53 locations under construction, with hundreds more in permitting. After Texas, Florida is the site to watch for new activations, with nine sites under construction and 13 listed overall.

🪙 Finally, the NEVI program continues to fill in for certain states, with two more sites in progress for the leader Pennsylvania (Palmyra and Lake Ariel), and a Jule location in Leitchfield, KY, added to Kentucky’s construction map.

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News - The latest dispatch from fleet charging infrastructure provider Greenlane offers a window into early electric freight priorities, including progress on the I-10 corridor and partnerships designed to overcome the initial hurdles of scaling HDEV charging.

Numbers - The shift from 400 kW charging today, which is huge for passenger EVs but a potentially limiting factor for larger freight EVs, is addressed by Greenlane CTO Raj Jhaveri in an interview with EV Engineering Online. With the Tesla Semi and its planned Megachargers targeting 1.2 MW peaks, charging power is clearly the number that HDEV fleet and infrastructure managers are currently focused on.

Nuance - The shadow of the Tesla Semi looms large over this sector, as players like Greenlane, Terawatt, and WattEV explore every avenue to expand their charging depots and build client bases. The hype around the Semi is becoming a reality this year, with Megacharger locations mapped, a partnership with Pilot Travel Centers agreed upon, and the final version of Tesla’s electric truck about to enter production. The breathing room of the last two years is quickly giving way to real-world construction and competition that should benefit the sector, as a whole.

Next Up - Greenlane’s next charging location in Blythe, CA, 170 miles from the company’s initial site in Colton, CA, progresses fleet electrification on I-10. Blythe currently operates one charger for select Greenlane customers, but it is designed around megawatt charging and full pull-through access when it opens later this year.

Here’s a selection of news items we couldn’t squeeze into other sections, followed by select EVI incentive program updates we think you’ll want to know about:

Stellantis EVs now have access to Tesla Superchargers open to NACS Partners

Rangeway selects Ekoenergetyka America as charging hardware partner

bp pulse enables Plug&Charge for Ford and BMW EVs on 400kW chargers

3V3i installs an IONNA Rechargery Relay in just five days

City of Glendale, CA to issue RFP for new curbside EV charging stations

Maryland’s round 3 NEVI solicitation opened for applications this past week

Minnesota’s 3rd round NEVI RFI is open (through 4/30/26) for 74 DCFC sites.

Efficiency Maine is seeking qualified bidders for L2 charging (up to $120K per site)

Pennsylvania offers $100M for community EV charging projects, with different 2026 NOFO windows across the state. Start with the Interested Organizations Survey here.

$10 million available for hotel charging sites via NJ EV Tourism Corridor Charging

California’s third round NEVI funding closes next week (deadline: 3/25/26 at 11:59 PST)

California’s Clean Bus & Truck Voucher program is also open for applications

The latest round of Colorado’s DCFC Plazas Program is targeted for “Spring 2026” — use the general info page to see previous recipients or sign up for the latest dates/news

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Cheers,

Steve / Plug & Play EV