Thanks for the shout out Walter! Keeping track of everything that's going on in this new industry is indeed a challenge, so thanks for all your work in bringing it to us.
Reliable charging at Laredo is very big, due to the extreme lack of chargers in Mexico, on the other side of the river. The lack of charging in Mexico will always likely translate into a lot of people wanting to charge in Laredo all the way to 100%, so I hope the site has lots of stall capacity to accommodate this, and lots of things for people to do (and spend money) while they wait for their car to reach 100%.
When I saw that one, it too made me excited. I could imagine it is often considered fly over country and undeserved. Great to see a ligit canopy station going in. Thx for watching.
Thanks, Walter. I almost feel like there is no native EVgo anymore. Almost every site I've seen is GM Energy or sponsored by Nissan, Toyota, or a government contract or grant. Perhaps that's always been the case for EVgo, where they almost never install a site on their own without additional support. Either way, I'm planning to do an EVgo endurance run soon, so I'll be sure to give you a heads up. Also, thanks for sharing Allen's channel. I'm looking forward to the Love's updates. We have a couple key Love's travel locations in my region.
Good point Eric. I am surprised GM hasn't purchased them yet. Seems like as you say, GM is EVgo's main sponsor. Will be great to see some of their Flagship stations next year. Look forward to you upcoming EVgo endurance run.
@@thenetworkarchitectchannel The flagship sites are definitely going to be interesting. I need to do my own poll for the endurance run: "Leaving from home in the morning and returning home at night the same day, how many different 350 kW EVgo locations will I be able to visit in my Chevy Bolt EV?"
That kind of SUCKS. You are doing a great job. Now, just more videos / channels to watch. But, I can't complain more as it's your time. Too bad more if the 350+ kw chargers are not where larger vehicles could charge like school busses, large commercial vans and larger trucks along with towing evs.
With 12 Pilot locations on Ohio's NEVI list at varying stages of construction, that alone should take us close to the 80s before winter hits. Your forecast of 100+ seems on point.
For what it's worth, from what I recall monitoring the tempo of Electrify America stations when they were building out a lot was that stations were slow to open January to June, and faster in the back half of the year. I think you could look for this trend by taking the AFDC site, taking the "date opened" for all the stations, and plotting by how many are open over time to reconstruct the time history of openings, or look at like "stations in first quarter of their opening year" vs "stations in second quarter of opening year" vs Q3/Q4? I might do that if I get time.
I thoroughly enjoy your videos Walter. Ever since fastcharger website stopped updating you have been a great source of information. Do you think GM energy will build the next tranche (400 sites) all in 2025 or will they stretch the builds to '26?
Walter, In this update you mentioned a glitch in that you failed to mention an Open Site in Franklin, TN. Did you mean Franklin, KY or is Franklin, TN indeed a new site?
@@thenetworkarchitectchannelI live in Franklin, TN and knew we didn’t have a PFJ here. Glad to see them coming into service on the I-65 Corridor. I travel to Somerset, KY couple times per year so the new PFJ location in Franklin, KY is helpful along with the EA site in Bowling Green, KY (adjacent to the Corvette Museum). Unfortunately, about 10 miles north of Bowling Green, I head east on the Cumberland Parkway to Somerset and there’s the problem. No Level 3 chargers in between and including Somerset. Somerset has a small handful of Level 2 chargers. London, KY, 33 miles away on the I-75 corridor, is the nearest Level 3 (Tesla) and not sure if it’s compatible with GM cars. So, an area of 152 miles between Bowling Green and London, KY likely qualify as a charging desert. I have the 24 Lyriq AWD Sport 3 trim so, a round trip for that area would require some slow charging in between. Thanks for keeping us updated on charging information. very appreciated!
keep an eye on the price of the energy. do reports to make people aware if they are gouging or fair prices. GM is in it but in it to gouge or be fair!!!
@@Nicholas-f5 If we keep on top of it, we report it and everyone knows. Unless they're in dire need, they'll skip them and they'll have to lower the prices. We have the power to help keep them honest
I’m looking forward to seeing what OR and WA come out with in their NEVI awards. Washington has released their state-level grant lists but is incompetently behind with NEVI.
Thanks for the shout out Walter! Keeping track of everything that's going on in this new industry is indeed a challenge, so thanks for all your work in bringing it to us.
Subbed!
Thank u. Your content is well authored. I look forward to watching the new series
Great to have another project tracked. Thanks to you both for the efforts! ⚡
Reliable charging at Laredo is very big, due to the extreme lack of chargers in Mexico, on the other side of the river. The lack of charging in Mexico will always likely translate into a lot of people wanting to charge in Laredo all the way to 100%, so I hope the site has lots of stall capacity to accommodate this, and lots of things for people to do (and spend money) while they wait for their car to reach 100%.
When I saw that one, it too made me excited. I could imagine it is often considered fly over country and undeserved. Great to see a ligit canopy station going in. Thx for watching.
Thanks, Walter. I almost feel like there is no native EVgo anymore. Almost every site I've seen is GM Energy or sponsored by Nissan, Toyota, or a government contract or grant. Perhaps that's always been the case for EVgo, where they almost never install a site on their own without additional support. Either way, I'm planning to do an EVgo endurance run soon, so I'll be sure to give you a heads up.
Also, thanks for sharing Allen's channel. I'm looking forward to the Love's updates. We have a couple key Love's travel locations in my region.
Good point Eric. I am surprised GM hasn't purchased them yet. Seems like as you say, GM is EVgo's main sponsor. Will be great to see some of their Flagship stations next year. Look forward to you upcoming EVgo endurance run.
@@thenetworkarchitectchannel The flagship sites are definitely going to be interesting. I need to do my own poll for the endurance run: "Leaving from home in the morning and returning home at night the same day, how many different 350 kW EVgo locations will I be able to visit in my Chevy Bolt EV?"
That kind of SUCKS. You are doing a great job. Now, just more videos / channels to watch. But, I can't complain more as it's your time. Too bad more if the 350+ kw chargers are not where larger vehicles could charge like school busses, large commercial vans and larger trucks along with towing evs.
With 12 Pilot locations on Ohio's NEVI list at varying stages of construction, that alone should take us close to the 80s before winter hits. Your forecast of 100+ seems on point.
I-35 also goes through OK, KS, MO, IA on its way to MN.
Ah, look at that. I had pictured it stopped at Dallas. Thx!
For what it's worth, from what I recall monitoring the tempo of Electrify America stations when they were building out a lot was that stations were slow to open January to June, and faster in the back half of the year. I think you could look for this trend by taking the AFDC site, taking the "date opened" for all the stations, and plotting by how many are open over time to reconstruct the time history of openings, or look at like "stations in first quarter of their opening year" vs "stations in second quarter of opening year" vs Q3/Q4? I might do that if I get time.
Smart idea. Thx.
Larger pull through stalls could accommodate more vehicles to increase the rate of evs for commercial traffic. Even two+ of these stalls would help.
That is pronounced New Brawn - fulls. 😋
Next we'll have to explain how to pronounce Gruene (whatever you're thinking, nope).
lol…
Thx. Was gonna guess that one.
can you pronounce the city of "Palacios" in Texacan?
New Brawn-fulls, TX.
I thoroughly enjoy your videos Walter. Ever since fastcharger website stopped updating you have been a great source of information. Do you think GM energy will build the next tranche (400 sites) all in 2025 or will they stretch the builds to '26?
Walter, In this update you mentioned a glitch in that you failed to mention an Open Site in Franklin, TN. Did you mean Franklin, KY or is Franklin, TN indeed a new site?
I did. I always think of it as TN since it is outside Nashville
@@thenetworkarchitectchannelI live in Franklin, TN and knew we didn’t have a PFJ here. Glad to see them coming into service on the I-65 Corridor. I travel to Somerset, KY couple times per year so the new PFJ location in Franklin, KY is helpful along with the EA site in Bowling Green, KY (adjacent to the Corvette Museum). Unfortunately, about 10 miles north of Bowling Green, I head east on the Cumberland Parkway to Somerset and there’s the problem. No Level 3 chargers in between and including Somerset. Somerset has a small handful of Level 2 chargers. London, KY, 33 miles away on the I-75 corridor, is the nearest Level 3 (Tesla) and not sure if it’s compatible with GM cars. So, an area of 152 miles between Bowling Green and London, KY likely qualify as a charging desert. I have the 24 Lyriq AWD Sport 3 trim so, a round trip for that area would require some slow charging in between. Thanks for keeping us updated on charging information. very appreciated!
keep an eye on the price of the energy. do reports to make people aware if they are gouging or fair prices. GM is in it but in it to gouge or be fair!!!
Shell is also super costly
@@Nicholas-f5 If we keep on top of it, we report it and everyone knows. Unless they're in dire need, they'll skip them and they'll have to lower the prices. We have the power to help keep them honest
Great update, if there's a CPO with a heavy NW presence let me know? Maybe Electric Era?
They do seem to be coming on strong as of late. Thx 4 watching.
I’m looking forward to seeing what OR and WA come out with in their NEVI awards. Washington has released their state-level grant lists but is incompetently behind with NEVI.
Just FYI, you may want to edit the video to remove the recommended videos before 1:30
the nasal spray one? Not sure how that got in there.... ;-} lol. nah. I'm good being made fun of for adds.