EVgo Is Supercharging Its Network With 750 kW EV Chargers

The new stalls will support dynamic power sharing, and the company wants its new stations to feature more NACS ports.

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Iulian Dnistran

By: Iulian Dnistran

Sep 29, at 8:08am ET

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EVgo, one of the biggest EV charging networks in the U.S., is working on deploying more powerful chargers.
The company’s next-generation system will be capable of delivering up to 750 kW of power.
The new stalls will dynamically allocate power to connected EVs.

EVgo, one of the largest public EV charging networks in the United States, is gearing up to install fast chargers that are twice as powerful as its current offerings. The company’s next-generation system will be capable of delivering up to 750 kilowatts, up from the current maximum of 350 kW.

The operator, which is one of the few in the country that has the facilities and expertise to build its own hardware, is currently designing, developing, and testing the new chargers at its Innovation Lab in El Segundo, California.

A teaser for EVgo's new 750 kW EV charger

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There’s still a lot we don’t know about EVgo’s newest DC fast chargers, including their design, but the company has let a few details slip between its fingers. First, the new stalls will feature a touchless payment interface, enabling drivers to pay for charging without having to download a smartphone app.

Second, the new hardware will integrate dynamic power sharing, which means that each connected EV will get the most power it can handle. In other words, if a Lucid Gravity and a Tesla Model 3 share the same stall, both of them should get the maximum output, with 400 kW going to the Gravity and 250 kW going to the Model 3.

It also means that EVgo is future-proofing its network. Right now, there are precisely zero EVs sold in the United States that can accept 750 kW, but times are changing, and there are plenty of electric cars overseas that can take in 1,000 kW or more without skipping a beat. Until that happens, EVgo’s new chargers should be a good fit for electric trucks, which need massive amounts of power to replenish their huge batteries in a relatively short amount of time. Whether or not the stations will be built to accommodate big rigs is another story, though.

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That being said, EVgo will boost the deployment of NACS ports at its new stations, as it looks to double its addressable market in the near future.

It’s all quite impressive, but what does it actually mean for America’s EV drivers? Well, according to the company, its new 750 kW system is expected to enable 10-minute charging sessions for the fastest charging vehicles in the country.

This is all good news. Even though America has fallen behind the rest of the developed world in terms of vehicle electrification, there’s still a solid selection of fast-charging EVs being offered, all of which can benefit from EVgo’s new high-powered stalls.

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We’ll know more about the 750 kW system next year, when the final design will be unveiled, and the first deployments will go online.

EVgo operates nearly 2,000 DC fast charging stations across the United States, offering over 5,300 individual ports, according to the Department of Energy's Alternative Fuels Data Center (AFDC).

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