General Motors (GM) has announced a collaboration with Pilot Company to implement a coast-to-coast DC fast charging network co-branded with both the “Pilot Flying J” and “Ultium 360” logos. The new charging network will be powered by EVgo’s eXtend charging services for businesses. GM first established its EV charging presence in 2020, alongside an agreement […]
(..)GM shared details of its plans for a new nationwide charging network in a press release today, explaining how both Pilot Company and EVgo are involved. General Motors and Pilot Company will collaborate to establish the DC fast charging network that will initially consist of 2,000 stalls across 500 Pilot and Flying J travel centers near major highways. Each of the charging piles on the network will don “Pilot Flying J” and GM’s “Ultium Charge 360” branding and will offer charge speeds up to 350 kW. EVgo will assist in the charger installations, operations, networking, and maintenance(..)
P.S. Now, the slowing down factor for the introduction of non-Tesla electric cars is not "range anxiety", but rather “fast charger anxiety”, because even the existing non-Tesla fast charging station networks are quite poorly maintained by operators. Unlike Tesla's Supercharger stations, you almost never know for sure whether a non-Tesla CCS fast charger will work on your planned route or not. Tesla's decision to make some Supercharger stations in Europe available to non-Tesla electric cars is a big plus for the entire electric car owner community and a very good advertisement for Tesla.
It's good that GM, albeit belatedly, is finally starting to realize that reliable electric car charging stations are as important a component to the successful development of the electric car business as the electric cars themselves...
