EVgo opens first Tesla Supercharger powered station in Chicago, with hundreds more stalls planned
By Eve
EVgo has opened its first location built on Tesla hardware, a 12 stall station in Chicago that uses Tesla's Magic Dock connector to serve both NACS and CCS equipped vehicles. EVgo says this starts an expansion covering hundreds more Supercharger stalls nationwide, beginning with sites at grocery stores and shopping centres owned by Regency Centers, and it aims to add at least one NACS port to every station built after 2023 within the next two years. Tesla's V4 cabinets, which offer speeds up to 500 kW, are now available for purchase and installation by any commercial client.
Why it matters
Tesla is now a hardware supplier to a direct network competitor, which shows V4 cabinets are a credible procurement option for CPOs. The Magic Dock approach also offers a template for serving both NACS and CCS drivers at the same site during the connector transition.
Source
- Original title
- “Tesla Is Now Powering One Of Its Biggest Charging Rivals”
- Published
- 5 November 2026
- Updated
- 9 November 2026
- Also covered by
- electrek.co · electrive.com · evchargingstations.com · evinfrastructurenews.com · and more via Google News (1, 2, 3)
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- Topic
- EV Charging
- Place
- United States
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