GM and EVgo have announced the installation of their 1,000th fast-charging stall in an ongoing collaboration to expand electric vehicle charging in the U.S. The 1,000th stall was opened in a ribbon cutting ceremony in Woodridge, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, and is located at the Woodgrove Festival Shopping Mall. Several representatives from GM and EVgo spoke at the ceremony, including GM Director of EV Infrastructure Deployment Alex Keros, and EVgo Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel Francine Sullivan, among others.
In the announcement, GM highlighted accelerating EV adoption in Illinois following the passage of legislation in 2021 that established the goal of reaching 1 million registered EVs by 2030, while also creating new charging infrastructure incentives. Illinois is set to invest $148 million in EV charging stations over the next five years.
“The availability of fast charging infrastructure is key to widespread EV adoption and consumer confidence in all-electric transportation. That is why we’re working with GM to build convenient and reliable fast charging stations across the country to serve current and future EV drivers,” said EVgo CEO Cathy Zoi. “Today, we’ve hit a major milestone in our joint efforts to electrify the transportation sector and we look forward to further expanding our charging footprint with GM in the coming years to realize our vision of Electric for All.”
Collaboration between GM and EVgo was announced in 2020. So far, the collaboration has resulted in the opening of new DC fast charging stalls in almost 230 locations across 39 markets and 27 states. Most provide 350 kW charging capabilities. Looking ahead, the two companies hope to install 3,250 DC fast charging stalls in “major metro markets,” focusing on places where EV drivers tend to spend time, including retail centers and grocery stores, while also providing a charging option for those customers that can’t charge at home or at work.
GM’s collaboration with EVgo is part of the automaker’s broader Ultium Charge 360 initiative, which, in addition to expanding access to public charging stations, includes improvements to reliability and the customer experience, such as through enhanced “health checks” across the charging network, and customer education through GM’s dealer network.
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I am more excited about the new Buc EE’s locations popping up along I75. You know the mega gas station with 120 fuel pumps 🙂
WHAT ABOUT NEW JERSEY? 08831. ONE OF THE MOST DENSE AREAS HAVE NO EV GO STATIONS.
And New Jersey…with their idiot law on gas pump attendants for refueling…will they require an attendant to plug in/out your EV car?
Just wondering what it cost to recharge. They don’t give it free out of the goodness of their hearts, do they.
Some places do for level 2 charging. As for DCFC, sometimes EA or EVGO have free days or it’s free during Holidays at specific locations.
Will this specific fast stall work with a 2023 Bolt (that is not with Ultium platform)?
Yes, the Ultium label is just branding. Like all EVgo stations, it will work with all CCS vehicles, not just GM’s. There are also Chademo and Tesla (adapted Chademo) connectors at this location.
The ‘unlimited 2year free fast charging ‘ does *NOT* include partner chargepoint. The $500 credit for the bolt was the far more valuable offer since there are no EVGO stations within 200 miles but there are ChargePoints.
The LYRIQ offer only allows you to make a credit card purchase with your EVGO card at ChargePoint stations and pay for it yourself there.
Of course no info from either GM or GMA before I bought a Lyriq. Now I find out how lousy the offer is.
Big Deal.
The ‘unlimited 2year free fast charging ‘ does *NOT* include partner chargepoint
When will they have them every 75 miles along US 2 in MI & WI?
That’s why they picked EVGO because you can’t find any stations.
I wonder if we keep complaining that they can add Chargepoint to the 2 year free charging?
I asked my sales manager if I could get the same $500 bolt deal with the Lyriq instead? Haha !!!
Good idea. What he say?
He told me to call Cadillac Concierge since supposedly I have more say-so than he does…. I don’t believe it, and never got any action from calling those people in the past:.
Eg: I explained, “Chevy Trax -cheapest chevy- has 130 ampere alternator for 12 volt system. However, published information on any LYRIQ specs is non-existent.. What is the alternator replacement rating for the 2023 LYRIQ?”
Answer by Big Expert #1: “The Lyriq has no 12 volt battery nor 12 volt system…. It runs on 350 volts”.
Rejoinder by me: “I’ve seen the 12 volt battery in person”.
Answer by BE#1: “Either you are mistaken or this is just a DUMMY 12 volt battery, and not used.”
So today, I spent 90 minutes texting the Concierge Cadillac LYRIQ EXPERT (#2).
Me: “LYRIQ “Unlimited Fast Charging does not work with EVGO partner ChargePoint, who refuses to accept GM fast charging”.
Big Expert #2: “You want to purchase a LYRIQ”.
Me: “I own a 2023 LYRIQ already… I want someone in Detroit (where call center is) to give a deal at least equivalent to the $500 EVGO credit issued if you buy a BOLT EV or BOLT EUV.”
Big Expert #2: “You want to trade in your LYRIQ at a Detroit Chevy Dealer for a new BOLT… let me connect you”.
Me: “NO NO NO NO NO. I want no change in vehicles.”
Big Expert #2: “(plenty of irrelevant crap, then:) You can use your EVGO card at any ChargePoint Fast charger.”
Me: “No per EVGO representative – they will allow ZERO free fast charging at any of their dispensers, however they will accept EVGO dollar credits…”.
Big Expert #2: “You want to switch to Receptacle installation by QMERIT for your home garage?”
Me: “I might be interested however, I would need to chat with someone at QMERIT first, who is your sole provider for receptacle charging installations”.
Big Expert #2, “Since you’ve used up all your credits you are no longer eligible for a free home receptacle installation”.
Me: “Unlimited free charging at EVGO stations only was only implemented yesterday – as I have not charged my car at all I would have thought it would have been a simple matter to just cancel the evgo deal and go with QMERIT”.
Big Expert #2. “You do not think you should trade in the LYRIQ and visit a Detroit, Michigan Chevy dealership to purchase a Bolt?”
Me: “No No No No No. I want no vehicle changes … You haven’t listened to a single question of mine”.
Big Expert #2, ” go to evgo(dot)comSlashVideosSlashHowtoEVGo-ChargepointSlash
Me: That is for Bolt EV only. ChargePoint will provide Zero FAST charging for LYRIQ DEALS.
Big Expert #2 ” Ask someone at your dealership how to plug in the cars since you are having trouble.”.
Me: “I’m on my eighth Plug-in Car”
Big Expert #2. “Oh I understand but I am confused. You said Chargepoint will accept EVGO credits.”
Me: “With the $500 BOLT offer, there is money involved so ChargePoint can bill against that”.
“With the LYRIQ offer there is no money involved so ChargePoint will separately bill the user, so it is effectively useless since there are plenty of chargePoint chargers here but no EVGOs for hundreds of miles”.
Big Expert #2, “Let me switch you to Temeris to assist you”.
Big Expert #3 Temeris, “I can’t help you until 3pm – I will call you after then”.
Me: “Okay, 3 hour lunch? Fine, Call me then”, (which is 1:15 away from me typing this).
Don’t you just love a chat bot
Yeah Beth:
A friend said that, after reading my transcript, that I was probably conversing with a CHAT BOT for 90 minutes. And that they include several seconds delay at each response to make it SEEM like a human is answering.
Now me, I’m not sure.. I’ve certainly met people this DUMB in real life.]
And of course, the basic reasons why I call them in the first place show GM unfortunately is just filled with dummies and they put the precious few smart people in charge of something and the rest of the dummies answer the phone.
For instance, someone in technical support should be able to tell me how big the 12 volt battery charger is, since they mention it in the cheapest trax brochure.
And someone should know that all GM cars have a 12 volt battery, even the electrics.
And someone should have thought through the caddy EVGO offer to not make it much more worthless than the lowly bolt offering.
And someone should have actually tried out that touch screen before selling the cars.
And someone should have allowed manual dimming controls to allow the touch screen to be seen in the dusk, when the computer basically almost shuts it off.
I could go on with the ANDS but may you might have a point… Maybe the entire engineering section is now a chatbot.
The 12 volt battery is only for the electronics. Radio lights etc. The drive system is 480 dc. So they are separate. But charging the car also charges the 12v battery.
Mike says : “The 12 volt battery is only for the electronics. Radio lights etc. …”
That statement of yours mike, is generally speaking correct. Not true for the refrigeration compressor, nor the requisite power electronics.
Mike says: “The drive system is 480 dc…..”.
NOT correct for 2 reasons: The battery at full charge is not even 400 volts. It can discharge while being drained to much lower than this…
Furthermore, only the source of power is direct current. The DRIVE SYSTEM supplied to the Polyphase Synchronous Motor is Polyphase variable frequency Alternating Current. It remains so during all 4 quadrants, 2 of which the power flow direction is reversed.
I’m not involved in this conversation nor would I date after that explanation.
Mike says: “charging the car also charges the 12v battery….”.
Not really….. The DC/DC converter alternator replacement gets its power source from the high voltage system only.
It is true that if BOTH 12 volt battery and High voltage battery are totally dead, AND the 12 volt battery is jump started sufficiently to allow level 1 or 2 charging, that , if the charging is at a slow rate (think 8 amperes at 115 volts or under 1,000 watts), the charging juice will go into the high voltage battery, but the working ECM module described above will allow the dc/dc converter to take some and recharge the 12 volt battery somewhat..
So yes, in effect power is taken from the wall plug and the 12 volt battery is being charged somewhat, but the route taken is circuitous.