EVgo Adds 400+ Fast Chargers at Grocery Shopping Centers — SkimNews
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- EVgo is adding 400+ fast-charging stalls at grocery-anchored shopping centers operated by Regency Centers, expanding on the 150+ stalls it already runs at Regency properties since installing its first charger there in 2020.
- Regency Centers owns or operates more than 480 US shopping centers, with over 80% anchored by a major grocery chain including Publix, Kroger, Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, Safeway, and Albertsons.
- Each new site will host up to 24 high-power fast chargers capable of delivering a full charge in as little as 15 minutes, depending on the EV.
- New chargers are planned for shopping centers in Colorado, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and other states; the companies did not disclose a construction timeline.
- The 400+ additions will increase Regency's overall EV charging footprint by more than 20%.
- Scott Levitan, EVgo's executive vice president of growth, said the expansion targets places where people "shop, dine, and connect with their communities."
- The article's top reader comment flagged reliability concerns, citing two EVgo chargers at a nearby Arco station that have been down or offline for extended periods since installation roughly three years ago.
Why it matters: For EV drivers, this puts fast chargers at 400+ destinations they already visit weekly — a concrete 20%+ expansion of Regency's EV footprint across at least nine states. But the reader reliability complaint surfaces a known EVgo weakness: a charger that's offline isn't infrastructure, so the expansion's value only holds if uptime scales alongside stall count.
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