LA’s Largest Non-Tesla EV Charging Station Opens With A Surprise: CHAdeMO Support

EVgo, one of the largest charging networks in the U.S., hasn’t forgotten about the old Nissan Leaf.

EVgo Station In Los Angeles

Photo by: EVgo

Iulian Dnistran

By: Iulian Dnistran

Sep 11, at 4:30am ET

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EVgo said it opened the largest non-Tesla EV fast charging station in the City of Los Angeles.
The new station has 18 plugs that can deliver up to 350 kW of power.
But even with all the modern tech, the company is still offering support for the dying CHAdeMO connector.

EV drivers in Los Angeles have a new fast charging station where they can quickly top up their cars’ batteries. EVgo, one of the biggest charging networks in the country, says its new site on S Robertson Blvd is the largest non-Tesla EV charging station in the City of LA, with a total of 10 stalls and 20 plugs that can deliver up to 350 kilowatts.

That’s great news, but what makes this location a little more interesting is that it still offers CHAdeMO support. That’s the type of charge port used by the two previous generations of the Nissan Leaf, as well as some Japanese-made plug-in hybrids, like the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV.

EVgo Charging Station in Los Angeles

Photo by: EVgo

It means that older EVs, which now cost very little on the used market, are still getting some love, even as the charging industry is moving at lightning speed on the CCS and NACS fronts. The two CHAdeMO ports at EVgo’s new LA station can deliver up to 100 kW, with the remaining 18 cables offering CCS connectors. The power levels are also neatly distributed, with two 100-kilowatt stalls, three 200-kW stalls, and five 350-kW stalls.

As you may have noticed, there are no NACS cables here, but that’s not quite an issue, as NACS-equipped EVs can use charging adapters with CCS chargers. Meanwhile, using a CHAdeMO adapter on a CCS station is very expensive and not recommended by the CHAdeMO association.

That said, EVgo is one of the few companies that have started installing Tesla Superchargers. The stations use V4 dispensers that can deliver up to 500 kW at 1,000 volts, and they’re automatically integrated into the Tesla in-app navigation system. NACS plugs are also being added to existing stations.

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Located just off the Santa Monica Freeway in the Mid-City neighborhood, the new Los Angeles location caters to a busy, central corridor where drivers can plug in while grabbing a meal, running errands, or heading across town. The station is within walking distance of several restaurants, grocery stores, and shopping options.

According to the Department of Energy’s Alternative Fuels Data Center (AFDC), EVgo currently operates 1,175 EV fast charging stations in the U.S., with a total of 5,185 individual ports available to the public. Most stations offer Plug & Charge functionality, which means the charging session will start automatically after plugging in, as long as there is a payment method set up in the user’s account.

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