Good day, fellow Battery Cycler 🔋🪫🔋

As we got our fortnightly show, Coast-to-Coast EVs, back on the air this week, I noticed that charging infrastructure development doesn’t really take long breaks. Some operators might catch their breath for a week or two, but the big names consistently ship every week, or catch up quickly when they slow down for a second.

As the summer comes to a close, the US will have energized ~3,500 fast-charging ports at more than 550 locations, while Canada has added 200+ ports at 60+ locations in the same period. It’s a reminder that even as vehicle sales fluctuate, more EVs hit the road every month, and the charging landscape is racing to both keep pace and build for the future.

Here’s how EVI developments in the US/Canada went over the past 7 days ⤵️

News - Another 14 sites awarded by North Carolina bring the state’s program to 19 planned locations, as Wisconsin cements second place with more awards and California/Arizona begin buildouts on the West Coast.

Numbers - $14,405,524 is allocated for the new locations, which is around 13% of North Carolina’s total. Another 5-10 locations should cover the state’s primary travel corridors, leaving approximately three-quarters of the funding for community sites or other state charging priorities, such as tourist locations.

Nuance - Although NEVI locations stretch across the nation and planned locations will blanket both coasts, there are notable gaps based on non-participation from a handful of states. Florida’s attempt to fund eVTOL facilities with its NEVI allocation suggests we’re unlikely to see NEVI-funded fast-charging sites in that part of the Southeast. In the middle of the country, EV laggard states like Mississippi and Missouri still haven’t moved beyond the initial planning stages, leaving functional DCFC sites many years away.

Next Up - Freed from the legal shackles of 2025, NEVI is moving from the courts to construction sites. We expect to see around 300 locations open by the end of 2026, most of which predate the legal action, followed by a nationwide acceleration in 2027. Pilot travel centers in Candor or Warsaw appear to be the most likely candidates to begin construction on North Carolina’s first NEVI site, given ground reports and the company’s consistent progress building out its nationwide charging network.

📊 Sunday Stat: — Tesla’s Oasis Supercharger site in Lost Hills, CA, logged 6,038 sessions over the Labor Day weekend, for an average of 9.2 sessions per stall per day and a high of 11.2 sessions per stall on Monday 7th Sept.

☀️ Even more encouraging was the source of some of that energy: more than 7 MW was generated by on-site solar panels.

News - The Michigan-based nationwide network launched Red E Go this week, its branded version of the widely appreciated Autocharge feature that allows EV drivers to start a charge simply by registering their vehicle and plugging in.

Numbers - 2,171 fast-charging ports across 593 locations in 43 states and one Canadian province (one site in Ontario, at Toyota HQ). Red E also operates 2,500+ L2 ports on its network.

Nuance - Red E’s decision to offer its branded version of Autocharge reflects a choice facing every charging operator in North America: wait for full Plug&Charge or provide a bridge option? While Autocharge is much quicker to deploy, it uses the vehicle’s MAC address, which is unencrypted and could create security issues. It is also tied to a specific network, so the user must run the one-time setup process for every CPO (I currently have EVgo, Applegreen, and Circuit électrique, for example).

Next Up - Underpinned by cryptographic authentication and more feature reach, Plug&Charge is the natural destination for plug-in charging activation. But interoperability work takes time, and some older EVs won’t be able to take advantage, so networks want to find a more immediate way to offer the seamless experience it delivers. That just rolled out across most of its network with the announcement of Red E Go, and user uptake will measure its success. On the network side, watch Red E’s Q326 deployment numbers, as the trend is set to slow after a record second quarter for the CPO.

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News - L2 charging activity was noticeably lighter this week, with ChargePoint doing most of the heavy lifting while regulars like ViaLynk and Circuit électrique both slowed somewhat. EVgateway also turned in one of its biggest weeks to date.

Numbers: 385 L2 charging ports were added to the Alternative Fuels Data Center this week, covering 16 states and 5 Canadian provinces/territories.

Notable New L2 + AFDC Additions:

🔴 Tesla Charging provided its bi-weekly update on the Wall Connector for Business program, which brings 308 ports to 32 sites across 19 states. The numbers are heavily skewed towards SpaceX and Starlink sites in Washington State, with 44% located at the Redmond, WA, campus of those entities. That said, the largest deployment is in New Jersey, with 61 connectors at the Beekman Garden Apartments in Hillsborough Township.

🟠 ChargePoint added 217 ports across 56 locations this week, led by a 30-stall expansion in Mission Viejo, CA, a 22-stall site in Brockton, MA, and a 12-stall location at a workplace in Medina, OH.

⭕ Red E added 8 ports across 3 sites in West Orange, NJ, Enumclaw, WA, and a hotel site in Secaucus, NJ.

🚧 Not quite live but very much coming soon, the City of San Diego shared this week that it’s L2 upgrade project with eVerged is now underway. The first of 50 new charger installations scheduled for the next 18 months is happening at the Paradise Hills Recreation Center.

⚡ EV Gateway added a significant 71 ports across 6 sites, led by a 21-stall site at the Marriott Anaheim hotel in Placentia, CA, and several 3 x 10-stall New Jersey locations.

🗽 ViaLynk had a quieter week than usual, adding 6 ports at a single school site in Plainview, NY.

🔷 Circuit électrique also slowed down compared to previous editions, with only 2 ports added at a single Montréal location this week.

◾ Blink Charging added 52 ports at 4 locations, headlined by a 42-stall buildout at Pinecrest Apartments in Liverpool, NY. This one accounts for most of the network's total this week.

🔵 FLO added 4 ports at two Secaucus, NJ locations: the Secaucus Recreation Center and a city parking lot.

News - A lighter week for fast-charging activations, with the holiday weekend and Tesla’s missing data likely combining to keep the numbers lower than usual. Similar headlines to recent weeks, as IONNA continues Circle K retrofits and adds a large site or two of its own, while Nayax’s Vialynk continues to build its footprint with nationwide sites, and we welcome the return of Pilot-Flying J and Walmart to this section.

Numbers - 142 DC charging ports at 34 charging locations were added to the AFDC, covering 23 states and 2 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:

🟠 IONNA added 38 ports at 6 Rechargery locations, led by a 12-stall standalone site in Medford, OR, and another in Austin, TX, plus continued Circle K retrofits in 3 states.

🔴 Tesla Charging didn’t actually add any data this week, but Superchargers were energized all the same. 92 ports across 6 locations in 4 states (FL, GA, TX, VA). One full V4 Supercharger makes the list, with 16 stalls at a Cracker Barrel in Wytheville, VA, while the largest site adds 24 V3.5 stalls in Clearwater, FL.

⚪ On the Supercharger for Business side, 2 new locations keep the total SfB count ticking upwards, although one specific site we covered earlier this year succumbed to challenging site economics. The openings occurred in Midwest City, OK (Francis Energy) and Houston, TX (Electric Son), both adding 4 stalls. The closure occurred in Bellville, KS, a relatively remote location where the owner could not cover demand charges with the site’s limited utilization.

⚡ Walmart EV Charging got back on track for September, with 3 openings over the final 3 days of the week, each larger than the one before it. 8 stalls in Omaha, NE, got things started, followed by 10 in Oklahoma City, OK, and 12 stalls in Lewisville, TX, rounding out the week.

🟢 Electrify America energized 10 ports at a single site this week, with another addition at Target in Oklahoma City, OK.

🔵 FLO added a single-stall site in Greenville, MS, a rare Deep South appearance for the network with this dealership location.

🔷 Circuit électrique added 16 ports at 3 Quebec locations, led by an 8-stall site at Pôle mobilité Boyer in Montréal, plus smaller additions in the Gaspé villages of Gascons and Amqui.

🗽 ViaLynk added 24 ports at 4 sites, led by a 12-stall location in San Juan Bautista, CA, and a 6-stall site in College Place, WA.

✨ Pilot-Flying J added 8 ports at 2 travel centers under the EVgo eXtend banner this week. Eloy, AZ, and Mason, TN, each added 4 stalls to the network, bringing P-FJ’s totals to 1,343 ports across 313 locations.

✨ A broad mix of networks rounded out the week with a handful of sites: Blink Charging added 12 ports at sites in Maryland and Ohio; Red E added 10 ports across 3 Midwest sites, including 2 × 320kW ports at Jack Flash in Arthur, IL; ChargePoint added 7 ports across 6 small locations; EV Connect added 5 ports at 2 sites, 4 at a credit union in Fitchburg, WI, and the other a dealership site in Texas.

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

⭕ IONNA upgraded another 4 sites to Rechargery @ Circle K locations, including 2 in Colorado, followed by Irmo, SC, and Willis, TX. At the current pace, the network will pass the halfway point before the end of September and complete the full upgrade program before the end of the year.

✅ Electrify America updated its NACS pilot program location list, including the 4 full NACS sites we covered in edition 87: La Mirada, CA (Station ID: 200075) | Arcadia, CA - Albertsons (Station ID: 200050) | Santa Ana, CA - Bank of America 17th St (Station ID: 200067) | Diamond Bar, CA - Target (Station ID: 200052). Additionally, all 5 California locations listed to become hybrid sites (typically with 2 NACS-J3400 connectors retrofitted from former CCS1 handles) are now complete. 2 sites in Pennsylvania and 3 in New Jersey are expected to receive the same hybrid treatment over the next few weeks.

✈️ Mercedes-Benz High Power Charging confirmed plans to build the largest 400kW charging location on the East Coast, with a 2.6-acre site next to JFK airport slated to receive 38 chargers, initially. The closest competitor is also in NYC, with Manhattan’s Gravity Charging Hub offering 25 stalls at up to 500kW. Construction has now started, and the hub is expected to open by Fall 2027.

📝 In Tesla permitting, MarcoRPi1 shared new Supercharger filings for Lake Forest, CA, Boynton Beach, FL, and Henrico, VA.

🔶 Rivian has a new Adventure Network location permitted for Lutz, FL, according to RANtracker. The same source confirms that construction is underway at another planned RAN site in San Jose, CA.

🚧 Construction is underway at new Supercharger sites in the following locations, according to supercharge.info: Prattville, AL, Fresno, CA, Jacksonville, FL, and Homewood, IL. A site in Georgia could also be the first East Coast Tesla Semi Megacharger activated, as construction nears completion in Ellabell.

🪙 On the NEVI side, construction is complete, and a Wawa-owned EA site awaits commissioning in Allentown, PA. Similar situation across the border with New York State further north, where two NEVI awards from NYSERDA at Applegreen Fast Charge sites serving I-87 (Sloatsburg & Ramapo) are close to activation.

🛒 Walmart EV Charging is 5-6 activations away from the 1,000-stall milestone, with 115 sites currently known to be under construction across the United States. The first WEVC location in Iowa appears close, with ABB A400 in the ground at Supercenter 1764 in Windsor Heights. The Northeast also gets another site to add to its small count compared to the rest of the country, with permits spotted for Supercenter 2355 in Buffalo, NY.

⚪ Activity on the Tesla Supercharger for Business side shows further SfB expansion outside of Oklahoma, with a site planned for Austin, TX, added to another site already flagged for Washington State.

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Here’s a selection of news items we couldn’t squeeze into other sections, and interesting deeper reads we think you’ll want to know about:

EVgo plans hundreds more chargers at Regency Centers grocery stores

Kempower signs framework agreement for port EV charging in Canada

Hypercharge introduces OnCurb to take its L2 charging systems streetside

Road trippers find EV charging cheaper + more accessible in Canada vs. US

Virginia DOT phase 2 NEVI funds are open for applications (deadline: 9/28/26)

Pennsylvania promotes community EV charging with Corridor Connections NOFO windows across the state. $11M for central PA is currently open.

Tennessee opens TDEC rebate program for MFD level 2 charging projects

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

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

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Cheers,

Steve / Plug & Play EV

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