Pilot and GM plan coast-to-coast EV fast-charging network

Pilot Co. will install 2,000 electric fast chargers at 500 of its U.S. truck stops over the next few years, creating a coast-to-coast network in partnership with General Motors.

Startup EVgo (NASDAQ: EVGO) will install, operate and maintain the chargers. The chargers are branded as part of GM’s Ultium Charge 360 network. Chargers will begin appearing at U.S. Pilot and Flying J service plazas in early 2023. The majority of the 500 installations will be in place by 2025, Cathy Zoi, EVgo CEO, said on a conference call with news media Wednesday…

The new direct-current (DC) chargers will serve passenger vehicles from all brands placed at roughly 50-mile intervals across the county…

The network doesn’t address heavy-duty trucks because so few are on the road.