Coast to Coast EVs

Join Eric, Walter, and Steve to unpack a new era of competition in US/Canada DC fast charging. Will it usher in much-needed price competition and customer choice, or will a few big players continue to dominate due to deep pockets and coverage that spans the continent?If you want to jump to a specific aspect of the topic, here's what we discussed 👇Chapters:0:00 - Start1:10 - Fast Charger Competition, Finally2:12 - How are new competitors going to win EV drivers over?9:59 - IONNA hits 100 sites/~1K stalls - thousands more underway17:25 - Route Planning: How do you find EV fast-charging stations?32.26 - Tesla navigation recommendations + Supercharger for Business38:42 - What compels non-Tesla drivers to prioritize Superchargers?48:30 - Reliability is now the price of entry50:08 - The moving target of DCFC pricing1:06:00 - Sidebar: Energy shocks impact electricity prices as well1:14:18 - Energy sources + utility-backed DCFC pricing1:18:10 - Competitive Distinction: how can North American CPOs stand out?1:24:06 - Does membership pricing make a difference?1:29:10 - Close: Cheers, Nerds!

Join Eric, Walter, and Steve for a free-for-all Q&A session on electric vehicles and infrastructure. We threw out the usual prepared topics and left ourselves in the hands of the Coast-to-Coasts EV's community to ask questions, pose ideas, and possibly even stoke a heated debate or two...Topical Timestamps:0:00 - Start1:35 - DCFCtracker.com (Thank you @AlejandroEV66!)4:01 - Donut Lab | idonutbelieve.com10:00 - Update on Francis Energy Supercharger for Business Upgrades (h/t @Lynyrd_Evnyrd)16:40 - Viewer Comments20:42 - Will abandoned charging sites be revived? (h/t @DantheEVman)37:12 - Will Eric upgrade to the new Bolt? (h/t Doug Steventon)40:42 - MB-HPC vs. IONNA: Who hits 100 sites first?49:20 - Which 2026 model releases are catching our attention?57:12 - Free charging and EVgo Q4 2025 results1:02:46 - Electrify America Upgrades + overlap with Walmart (h/t STL_EV_Info)1:10:54 - Charger activation: To app or not to app?1:15:10 - Tesla Supercharger profitability (h/t @Addahandletocontunue1)1:21:50 - Should we do more open topic/Q&A format streams or not?1:24:40 - Close - Cheers, nerds! Resource + channel links named above:@AlejandroEV66 x.com/alejandroEV66 -- DCFCtracker.com‪@Lynyrd_Evnyrd‬ (Oklahoma + Francis Tesla updates)‪@DanTheEVMan‬ (Red E + Francis NEVI updates)‪@STL_EV_Info‬ (Mach E + St. Louis, MO area EV content)‪@EverydayEV‬ (Ohio + Midwest EV updates)‪@TheArkansaseTraveler‬ (Walmart DCFC + Mid-South EV Updates)⚡Cheers, nerds 🤓

With new charging networks such as IONNA, Mercedes-Benz HPC, Walmart, and many others competing for the spots behind Tesla, established charging providers must now look over their shoulders. What does the future hold for the likes of Electrify America, EVgo, and ChargePoint as the next wave of charging operators accelerates their buildouts? Eric, Walter, and Steve gather with the community to discuss the prospects for established CPOs in the latest Coast-to-Coast EVs livestream.

A new report from the EV data boffins at Paren confirms what we all watched unfold over the last 12 months: 2025 was a record-setting year for DC fast charging in the United States. A 30% increase in DCFC ports tells part of the story, but there's so much to unpack... so that's what we do in livestream # 53! Eric, Walter, and Steve, take a look at everything from new sites and port counts to the most notable charging providers, which states saw the most charging activity, and the question on everyone's lips: can this rapid expansion be maintained (or exceeded) in 2026?Chapters:0:00 - Start1:25 - IONNA turns 2: EVents & Discounts4:42 - 2025 Set Records for US Fast Charging13:25 - Will 2026 DCFC Grow Even Faster?23:00 - Ports/Stalls vs. Sites: Tesla Leads Both29:30 - The Potential of Supercharger for Business31:30 - New Players with Deep Pockets to Spike 2026 Growth?42:15 - Charging Business: Paths to Profitability45:28 - Charging by Metro Areas & Geography54:15 - NEVI Only 3% of 2025 Additions (But Has a Role to Play)59:20 - Canadian DCFC Deployment Growth1:09:25 - ChargePoint's Shifting Role in EV Charging1:16:50 - Can IONNA Ramp to Meet Its Ambitious Goals?1:22:09 - EV Charging Expansion Drives North American Employment1:25:50 - Close - Cheers, Nerds!Read the report summary here: Paren | US EV Fast Charging — Full Year 2025

Wrap up warm and join Eric, Walter, and Steve to explore the multi-faceted "EV Winter" that we heard so much about in January.From the old tropes that electric vehicles won't work in cold weather to the analogy that media outlets are adopting to describe slower EV sales in the US and Canada, we discuss how electrification weathers the winter storm, and the many ways that EVs win out as conditions cool.

Happy New Year! Join Eric, Walter, and Steve, for the first Coast-to-Coast EVs live stream of 2026 and a discussion around what we expect to see from electric vehicles and charging infrastructure over the next 12 months.

Join Eric, Walter, and Steve to celebrate the 50th edition of Coast-to-Coast EVs! We briefly look back over our years of fortnightly fast charges and a wild 12 months for electric vehicles and infrastructure in 2025, unpacking the charging operators with the most DCFC locations across the US and Canada.Chapters:0:00 - Start0:30 - Celebrating 50 Episodes of C-to-C EVs!2:38 - Mercedes-Benz HPC Enters California4:27 - EV Infrastructure (US/CA): How We Got Here9:25 - Top 50 DC Charging Operators (Context)11:40 - "Notable Not Quites" - Rising Operators Not in Top 25 (Yet)18:30 - Charging Site Definitions21:20 - Positions 50 to 31 (Fewer than 50 sites)31:27 - Positions 30 to 2538:12 - Positions 24 to 2142:50 - Positions 20 to 11 (~100 to 250 sites)1:06:35 - Positions 10 to 5 (~350 to ~800 sites)1:08:45 - Unpacking Dealership Charging in Site Count1:17:36 - Top 5 Charging Operators in US/Canada (800+ sites)1:30:30 - Discussion around Site Count vs. Stall Count (Average Stalls per Site)1:40:00 - Celebrated Co-Hosts: Thanks for Getting Us to 50!1:42:23 - CloseHOST CHANNELS:Eric Way / News Coulomb -    / @newscoulomb3705  Walter Schulze / tNAC -    / @thenetworkarchitectchannel  (Also OoS Bits contributions like this one --    • Mercedes HPC @ Starbucks! This Week In DC ...  )Steve / Plug & Play EV - you're already here! But go back to the beginning to see the first Coast-to-Coast EVs here, if you want to explore - https://www.youtube.com/live/4VR_f6Ie2SIAnd you can get weekly EV infrastructure news/analysis here: https://evi.plugnplayev.com/subscribeThe Top 50 names in DCFC entering December 2025 contains some famous - and several unfamiliar - names, but it's the positions of potential giants that really emphasizes where we are. Preview the list of 50 (sorted by site count) ahead of the discussion here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...This is the eye of the charging infrastructure storm in North America, as massive entities with deep pockets set the stage to challenge the longstanding top four: ChargePoint, Electrify America, EVgo, and, of course, Tesla Superchargers.Before hitting the top 10, we spend some time sharing the top 50 list (by site count), how we put it together, and categorizing those that landed in positions 11-25.Cheers, nerds!⚡

Many wrote off the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program, even before a tumultuous period in which federal funds were paused for the first half of the year. Nonetheless, it survived the legislative onslaught, won key legal battles, and emerged delayed but unscathed.The last few months saw states getting approval for federal funding to deploy EV charging once again, including in locations that had previously declined to participate. But funding resumes at a time when privately-funded projects are driving a DCFC boom across the United States, often at the same locations that NEVI sought to fill when the first plans were drawn up four years ago.All of which prompts the overarching question: do we still need NEVI?The Coast-to-Coast EVs crew is joined by Jacob Espinoza, an experienced voice in EV infrastructure, especially in the desert southwest region covering Arizona,, Texas, and his home state of New Mexico.The quartet unpack the four corners of the country and everything in between to share which states are doing what, and how it's integrating with massive private sector projects from IONNA, Walmart Energy, Mercedes-Benz, the major truck stop chains, and many more.Related links from the discussion:Jacob's Ko-Fi - https://ko-fi.com/artiepenguin1Rivian Roamer Charger Report - https://rivianroamer.com/charging/reportWalter's Carolinas DCFC Construction Tour - https://youtu.be/dR4P7Pk72gY?si=Eax1SJFSaXdnGUwQSteve's multi-vendor Northeast to Midwest Tour - https://youtu.be/wsZomrANqCA

Join Eric, Walter, and Steve, for a discussion on the EV charging experience: should it be as fast as gas, or are we missing an opportunity to reimagine the way we travel?This topic is inspired by Eric's recent News Coulomb video on the overlap between public EV charging and "the holiday paradox". There's plenty to dig into, but I suggest taking in the video and its related articles before joining the conversation:News Coulomb on EV Charging + The Holiday Paradox - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmVaKTYW7xUBackground on the Holiday Paradox Concept - https://www.lifeafterthedailygrind.com/p/the-holiday-paradox-how-to-slow-down-timeRangeway Energy's response article + take on charging hospitality - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-worked-fine-still-feels-like-failure-rangewayenergy-isqbcAnd to extend the idea, what if charging was designed to be a desirable experience, rather than an unavoidable distraction? As California-based charging startup Rangeway Energy wrote in response to Eric's video:"In hospitality, when someone's going to be in your space for 35-55 minutes, that's your entire business model. Hotels, restaurants, cafes want people to stay. We design around making those minutes valuable and comfortable. [The charging industry] thinks in kilowatts and uptime percentages. In throughput and app interfaces. None of them think in dwell time and customer experience." -- https://rangeway.energy/Alternatively, is all of this thinking just post-hoc mental gymnastics to justify purchasing a vehicle that can't (yet) fuel up in five minutes? Is the rush to 500kW, then 600kW, then megawatt charging and beyond the only path to electric vehicles being accepted by mainstream drivers?Check out the conversation, after a quick look at the US October EV sales slump in the wider context of surging global sales, in the latest episode of Coast-to-Coast EVs.