EVgo is adding more than 400 fast-charging stalls at grocery-anchored shopping centers across the US, giving EV drivers more places to plug in while they shop or grab a coffee.
The chargers will be installed at properties owned or operated by Regency Centers, a name most shoppers probably won’t recognize because it isn’t a retail chain. Regency is the landlord and developer behind more than 480 shopping centers in the US – think suburban plazas built around supermarkets such as Publix, Kroger, Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, Safeway, and Albertsons, with restaurants, pharmacies, and other everyday businesses alongside them.
More than 80% of Regency’s portfolio is anchored by a major grocery store, so these are places people already visit regularly rather than charging stops that require a special trip.
The new EVgo chargers are planned for shopping centers in Colorado, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and other states. The companies didn’t provide a construction timeline.
Each location will have up to 24 high-power fast chargers. EVgo says they’ll be capable of delivering a full charge in as little as 15 minutes, depending on the EV.
