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Different weeks ebb and flow with EV infrastructure news, and it appears the waning days of summer are slow on the charging side. Industry headlines are thin on the ground this week but activations continued, as notable locations were present across the continent and plans are in place for a busy final third of the year.

Here’s a summary of EVI developments in US/Canada for the past 7 days ⤵️

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📊 Sunday Stat: — Only 3% separates the top two North American DCFC hardware providers (by site count) so far this year, as Superchargers account for 14% of sites and Alpitronic cuts a close second at 11%.

Supercharger for Business (SfB) sites keep Tesla Charging’s hardware offering clear at the top, with 55 locations added to the network so far in 2026. Superchargers still dominate by port count, which is likely the more important metric for hardware manufacturers. 29% of the ports deployed this year are on Tesla hardware, while Alpitronic takes second spot with ~16%.

News - Francis Energy looks to be shifting the company’s Supercharger focus beyond its home state of Oklahoma, as Francis Superchargers are spotted in permitting for Tacoma, WA.

Numbers - 918 ports at 192 DCFC locations in 19 states. Of the company’s ~100 sites in Oklahoma, 21 have been upgraded so far under the Supercharger for Business program. 174 L2 ports are also available at 55 of those home state sites in Oklahoma.

Nuance - A two-sided network no longer. Since we first got wind of Francis Energy’s pivot to Supercharger for Business in edition 50, all of the company’s SfB activity has occurred in Oklahoma. Outside the state, most locations skew to SK Signet hardware at NEVI sites. None of Washington State’s NEVI awards so far have gone to Francis Energy, meaning that this SfB expansion is likely to happen because of the increased utilization and lower deployment costs the company can achieve by switching to Superchargers.

Next Up - Francis still has more than 100 NEVI awards to work on across the country, most of which we expect to see deploy the familiar SK Signet P400K unit. Adding investment in SfB for EV-friendly markets like the Pacific Northwest could catalyze the Francis Energy expansion and make it a truly nationwide network operator.

News - ChargePoint dominated this week's L2 additions with more than half of all new ports, headlined by a 38-port single-site installation at Ocean County College in New Jersey and a 10-location campus rollout across the University of Wisconsin-Madison, while Blink Charging's 62-port addition in Burbank, CA, was the single largest deployment of the week.

Numbers: 479 L2 charging ports were added to the Alternative Fuels Data Center this week, covering 28 states and 3 Canadian provinces.

Notable New L2 + AFDC Additions:

🟠 ChargePoint added 269 ports across 82 locations (56% of the week's total), led by a standalone 38-port installation at Ocean County College in Toms River, NJ, which is the single largest site of the week. Additionally, a 10-location, 24-port rollout across lots at the University of Wisconsin electrifies various campus parking areas in Madison, WI.

◾ Blink Charging added 70 ports at 4 US locations across 4 states, headlined by a major 62-port site at G2 on North Hollywood Way in Burbank, CA. Smaller additions round out the set, with 2 ports in Dodge Center, MN, and 4 ports at Hermitage Precinct in Nashville, TN.

⭕ Red E energized 8 AC ports at 2 locations, with 6 at the Greater Binghamton sports facility in Binghamton, NY, and 2 stalls at a BellStores in Ashland, OH.

🗽 ViaLynk added 23 L2 ports at 3 sites, led by a 20-port deployment at South Point Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV.

🔴 Tesla Charging provided its bi-weekly update on Wall Connector for Business, the company’s L2 offering for independent operators which, for the US, brings 180 new AC ports to 44 sites in 23 states and the District of Columbia. For Canada, 4 new ports at 2 sites. The largest deployment adds 20 ports to DC’s Bridge District, presumably this property complex which, based on PlugShare listings, appears to be the only L2 option in the area.

🔷 Circuit électrique added 4 ports at 2 locations, both in Laval, QC, at a curling center and a neighborhood recreational area, Parc Nodier.

🔌 A handful of networks rounded out the week’s activity: Flipturn added 28 ports across a set of apartment communities in Kalamazoo, MI; ChargeLab's largest site was a 24-port installation on Clearwater Ave in Kennewick, WA; and EV Connect appears with 9 ports at the Starbucks E-Station in Costa Mesa, CA — this edition's Charging Site of the Week.

News - Even when the headlines slow to a crawl, deployments of new and notable DC fast charging sites seem to pick up the slack. That’s certainly the case this week, as Walmart EVC arrives in California, bp pulse gets back in action, Canadian operators show up coast-to-coast, and IONNA delivers on both upgrades and entirely new locations.

Numbers - 236 DC charging ports at 40 charging locations were added to the AFDC, covering 15 states and 5 Canadian provinces.

Check out the DCFCtracker.com site to see a map of the latest AFDC additions in the US, which can also be filtered down to the past week, month, or quarter.

Notable New Locations + AFDC Additions:

⚡ Electric Era opened its latest location in Stone Mountain, GA, with another deployment in conjunction with Costco. The network now has more than 30 sites open across the United States, and the company’s pipeline shows it will more than double that presence once projected locations are open.

🟠 IONNA leaned hard into one state this week, accelerating the Circle K retrofits with 3 of its 6 upgrades occurring in Minnesota: Burnsville, Hastings, and Plymouth. The rest are spread from the Desert Southwest to the Southeast, with a 12-stall standalone Rechargery Relay in Orlando, FL, the largest of the week.

🛒 Walmart EV Charging took a brief summer breather on activations at times in August, but got back to business this week with 4 activations in as many states. The most notable is the Neighborhood Market in Fresno, CA, which we’ve highlighted several times in the planning section. That site is now open with the usual 8 stalls, here served by 4 x ABB A400 dispensers, which could become the backbone of the retailer’s Golden State buildout if it maintains the current strategy of one manufacturer per region.

🔴 Tesla Charging energized 72 stalls at 6 of its own locations across 3 states and 2 Canadian provinces. Three 16-stall Superchargers in California and Florida are the largest locations, while Montgomery Plaza in Princeton, NJ, added 8 stalls to round out US activity. Welcome activity in Canada, as well, where 8-stall sites in Moncton, NB, and Nanaimo, BC, bring a bi-coastal feel to Supercharger activations this week.

⚪ Relatively quiet on the Supercharger for Business side this week, with only Lakh Enterprises adding a 4-stall site at a Texaco in Prattville, AL. Even so, this marks the first SfB location in the state and should be a useful addition as one of only a few sites within sight of I-65 on the way to Montgomery.

🟢 Electrify America's four new sites all landed inside big-box and travel retail: an IKEA in Frisco, TX; a Sheetz in Tyrone, PA (NEVI); a Target in Bakersfield, CA; and a Wawa in Phoenixville, PA (NEVI). The latter is the latest “Wawa, Powered by Electrify America” site, as we covered in edition 85.

🍁 EA’s sibling north of the border also makes a rare appearance this week, with Electrify Canada opening an 8-stall site in Vaughan, ON.

🔷 Circuit électrique added 8 ports across 3 Quebec sites this week. The pick of the bunch is a 4-stall deployment at a hotel in the northwestern city of Val-d'Or, which was once a notable gold-mining community.

⭕ Red E had an uncharacteristically quiet week with just one location energized, although it was a notable NEVI site in the company’s home state. Two stalls show online at a site that should soon have the NEVI minimum of 4 stalls available, at a Wesco fueling station in Reed City, MI.

🗽 ViaLynk continued steady additions after consecutive weeks of deployment, with a NYSERDA-supported 4-port location in Rochester, NY, and a takeover of the Midwest Renewable Energy Center DC option in Custer, WI, which was previously on the Greenlots/Shell platform.

🔷 FLO added 2 ports at 2 locations: the GreenP lot on MacPherson Ave in Toronto, ON, and a rare Alberta appearance at a GM dealer in Whitecourt.

🔵 BP Pulse shrugged off a period of low activity with 24 new ports up to 400 kW at two TA travel centers. The locations are Dallas, TX, and Reddick, FL, each with 12 stalls apiece.

✨ A notable individual site rounds out the week, with EV Connect's 6-stall Starbucks E-Station in Costa Mesa, CA, doubling as the Charging Site of the Week, via The Electric Duo at the end of this edition.

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

📝 In Tesla permitting, new Supercharger filings identified by MarcoRPi1 for Blytheville, AR, Santee, CA, South Haven, MI, and Williston, ND.

🚧 Construction is underway at new 500kW Supercharger sites, with full V4 coming soon to Chandler, AZ, Moreno Valley, CA, and two sites in Knoxville, TN.

⚪ Activity on the Tesla Supercharger for Business side shows SfB locations coming to Tinley Park, IL (Charjo), Lehi, UT (EV Auto), and the exciting find of Francis Energy’s expansion of SfB outside Oklahoma, with a new location planned for Tacoma, WA.

🟦 In non-Tesla permitting, The EV Infrastructure Report reported both the previously mentioned Megacharger at Pilot and a new IONNA Rechargery Relay in Raleigh, NC.

🪙 On the NEVI side, construction is underway at a Culver’s in Mauston, WI, which will host a federally supported Supercharger upgraded from the previous V2 location. Maryland is also getting busy with NEVI awards, starting work on sites in Ocean City and Glen Burnie.

🏆 Tesla shared its latest voter award winners for new Supercharger locations, including 16 in the US and 3 in Canada, across as many states and provinces. We’ll pick Naubinway, MI, as the proposed site to focus on, because it would bring a rare DCFC option to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and provide a significant upgrade to the existing L2 options on Tesla’s Destination network.

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News - The drumbeat of progress around the looming Tesla Semi deployments gets heavier, as another Megacharger location at a Pilot-Flying J shows up in permitting in Jacksonville, FL, and Forum Mobility installs the 1.2MW units at a key depot serving the Port of Los Angeles/Long Beach.

Numbers - Just 4 Megacharger stalls at these locations, but the original announcement from Pilot calls for up to 8 stalls at multiple sites across 5 states (CA/GA/NM/NV/TX).

Nuance - Clearly, Florida adds a sixth state to the originally publicized list of 5, indicating a larger-than-expected rollout is imminent. The primary port in the Southeast is the Port of Savannah in Georgia, which would link up well with electric freight moves heading south into Florida. Jacksonville is just under 150 miles from the port, with the rest of I-95 making for a 350+ mile journey to Miami. Existing Pilot properties in Cocoa and/or Fort Pierce, both of which already offer passenger EV charging, could bridge that gap if Megachargers are planned.

Next Up - Of the 500 Tesla Semis ordered by Einride this month, 75 will hit the road this year. Along with other early customers in California, Texas, and the Southeastern US, that means Megachargers will start to appear at ports and along primary freight corridors over the next four months. From there, we can expect to see the pace of deployment pick up quickly heading into 2027, which is shaping up to be a pivotal year for HDEV progress in the US.

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:

Remote New Hampshire Supercharger exemplifies state’s DCFC challenges

Plans for West Coast “BC2BC” electric freight corridor are underway

Record solar + battery systems help Texas grid to uneventful summer

Stop work order delays CFI-funded Maine DC fast charging location

Pump prices weigh on Utah as EV charging rates remain low

EVpin adds Q2 2026 EV registration data to charging site development tool

Off-Ramp Collectives seeks fractional CCO for growth plans

Minnesota opened its round 3a NEVI RFP for $41.18M (deadline: 11/2/26 @ 4PM)

Virginia DOT shared details on the state’s upcoming phase 2 NEVI funds

CalEVIP confirms next two windows for Fast Charge California Project (FCCP)

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

California Clean Fuel Reward (CCFR) has enrollment for M-HDEV rebates

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

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Steve / Plug & Play EV

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