GM & EVgo Accelerate EV Adoption by Adding Fast Chargers Nationwide

By adding over 2,700 fast charging stations over the next five years, GM & EVgo will more than triple the size of the fast charging network nationwide, a move that will hope to help accelerate the widespread adoption of electric vehicles. These fast charging stations will be added to cities and suburbs lacking them, which will unlock new EV customer segments and increase charging access to customers living in multi-unit homes or renting homes that can’t install chargers. “We know how important the charging ecosystem is for drivers, one that includes access to convenient and reliable public fast charging. Our relationship with EVgo will bolster the public fast charging network available to EV customers ahead of increased market demand and reinforce our commitment to an all-electric, zero-emissions future”, says GM Chairman and CEO Mary Barra.

The new EVgo fast charging stations will be available to customers starting early 2021. They will be located in highly visible areas and most will be able to charge up to four vehicles at a time. In their new commitment to reaching a zero-emissions future, the new EVgo fast chargers will be powered by 100 percent renewable energy. Both GM and EVgo have made significant investments into renewable energy, with GM committing all U.S. plants to run on renewable energy by 2030 and all global plants running on it by 2040. In 2019, EVgo became the first charging company in North America to contract for 100 percent renewable energy to power its chargers.

Both companies designed this new endeavor to leverage new and existing public-private programs to facilitate the acceleration of the EV charging infrastructure to support EV adoption. As time goes on, we will start to see more car companies get into the electric vehicle market, and hopefully more consumers will make the switch thanks to the efforts of GM & EVgo.

To learn more about this ongoing project, click here: https://media.gm.com/media/us/en/gm/news.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2020/jul/0731-evgo.html

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