Coast to Coast EVs

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.

Walter is on the road for this edition, so it's back to the original "Between Two Chargers" duo of Eric and Steve for your fortnightly fast charge this week.This is more of a potluck podcast edition, with our recent experiences and topics raised in the live chat, covering the following areas:Time Stamps:0:00 - Start2:43 - In the News... Bolt Back to BrightDrop Dead, GM's EV Ups & Downs7:37 - Bolt Block Party Follow Up8:34 - Will the Returning Chevy Bolt Be a Limited Run EV?14:03 - Can Another GM Model Sit Beneath the Bolt?21:10 - GM Delivers at Electrify Expo NY30:01 - Viewer Questions & Comments38:00 - Industry Day at Electrify Expo NY40:35 - Should CPOs be more visible at consumer-facing EV shows?48:00 - Charging Panel at Electrify Expo NY, feat. Marcy Bauer (EVgo) and Seth Cutler (IONNA)50:52 - Established Networks vs. New CPO Approaches1:18:52 - Egregious DCFC Pricing in New York1:26:07 - Pricing Average Ranges Across Select CPOs1:29:18 - Sign Off Info + CloseIf you need more weekend watching after this, here are some recent videos from the hosts and friends of the stream to keep you going:Eric's Chevy Bolt Block Party coverage ‪@newscoulomb3705‬   • 2027 Chevy Bolt: It's So Back!  Steve & Walter's take on the Bolt and affordable EVs, in collaboration with ‪@theaverageev‬ podcast -    • The Average EV Podcast Episode 3 - The Che...  Walter's latest IONNA update for ‪@thenetworkarchitectchannel‬   • IONNA Project Update - #19  Cheers, nerds! 🤓⚡

Walter and Steve are joined by Jay Williams, host of the WisconEV channel [https://www.youtube.com/@WisconsEV] to get the latest on EV charging around the Great Lakes region and answer two key questions: where is DCFC booming and will it last, now that EV adoption is facing uncertainty across the US and Canada?WI Clean Cities Transportation & Innovation Expo: Tuesday October 28th, 2025 - https://wicleancities.org/2025-ti-expo/ Time Stamps:0:00 - Start0:25 - Introductions4:29 - Where in the World is Eric Way?5:03 - In the News: Affordable EVs Incoming20:40 - DCFC Development in Wisconsin/Great Lakes25:29 - Kwik Trip's "Kwik Charge" Expansion 39:20 - Q325 DCFC Boom - Places & Providers45:20 - The Value of NEVI for Remote Charging Locations53:01 - Red E Charge Expands Out of the Midwest58:20 - The Origins of Kwik Trip + DCFC Strategy1:10:50 - Can the Acceleration of EV Infrastructure Last?1:19:16 - Wisconsin Clean Cities Transportation & Innovation Expo1:23:00 - CloseHost's Channel Links:Eric/News Coulomb - https://www.youtube.com/@newscoulomb3705Walter/tNAC - https://www.youtube.com/@thenetworkarchitectchannelJay/WisconsEV - https://www.youtube.com/@WisconsEV

Celebrate the arrival of Fall with Eric, Walter, and Steve as the livestream rides again for Coast-to-Coast EVs 45.We’re joined by returning guest, Chase Drum of Grid Connections - https://www.gridconnections.co/ - to discuss:- removing the Ram EV and the resurgence of hybrid/electrified models- the end of federal EV incentives in the US… boom ✅, bust❓, then 🔮- the pause/review of Canada’s EV sales requirements, - a last hurrah for our summer EV adventures (ours and yours).See you in the stream ⚡Check out the latest from each of our co-hosts here:Chase/Grid Connections - https://www.youtube.com/@GridConnectionsEric/News Coulomb - https://www.youtube.com/@newscoulomb3705Walter/tNAC - https://www.youtube.com/@thenetworkarchitectchannel

Refreshed from the summer hiatus, Eric, Walter, and Steve, return for your fortnightly fast charge on electric vehicles and infrastructure. We're joined by special guest Landon West, from The Arkansas eTraveler channel to share what's happening with the increasingly exciting Walmart Energy DCFC project, and the potentially divisive topic of dwell time vs. charge time at the kind of sites he's monitoring. In the news, we look at the surge to 600kW DC fast charging on the Mercedes-Benz HPC network in 2026, and whether Tesla's Supercharger hardware is starting to feel outdated, as the company starts selling to third party owners. Here's the link to contribute to Landon's Walmart sightings - https://forms.gle/bQGFgZvYWtSnKG7AA - and check out his latest updates here: https://www.youtube.com/TheArkansaseTraveler

Join Eric, Walter, and Steve for a look at the EV landscape as it shifts beneath our feet. In addition to the intended discussion about summer travel, with a charging map that looks better every month, we assess the impact of the risibly named "One Big Beautiful Bill" and its implications for EV buyers over the remainder of 2025 and beyond.Related Resources:Walter on the future of EV sales for OoS Bits -    • This Is The First EVs Sales Decrease In 14...  Bloomberg 2025 EV Outlook as US support fades - https://cleantechnica.com/2025/06/18/...

Join the Coast-to-Coast EVs crew for a detailed look at the ins and outs of EV charging reliability and the joys of all-electric road tripping north of the border! We're joined by Canadian co-founders Jennifer Buchanan, Andrea Curry, and Matth Loos, whose unique journey into the EV charging space spans frustrating road trips to creating solutions for managing the huge task of reliability reporting and charger maintenance. We also hit upon that formative Trans-Canada road trip that led the co-founders to start Clockwork - https://www.clockwork.energy/ - comparing their experiences north of the border to our travels across the United States.