EVgo has opened its first "EVgo Supercharger" site. It has 12 Tesla-built fast-charging stalls in the parking lot of Regency Centers' Riverside Square & River's Edge shopping plaza at 3145 S. Ashland Ave. in Chicago. EVChargingStations.com reported the opening on Nov. 5, 2026, and Electrek followed on Nov. 6.
Under the arrangement, EVgo owns the stalls and puts its own brand on them. Tesla operates and maintains them. The stalls are rated at up to 325 kW, and both outlets describe the site as the first of "hundreds" of planned EVgo Supercharger stalls, with the first sites at Regency Centers' grocery-anchored plazas.
A note on sourcing: ChargerFeed could not read EVgo's own announcement. evgo.com was behind an automated bot checkpoint when we tried, and EVgo's investor-relations site returned an access-denied error. The site details below come from the two trade reports listed in the Sources block. Federal network counts come from the Department of Energy's Alternative Fuels Data Center (AFDC).
The site at a glance
- Status: Open, per Electrek and EVChargingStations.com (reported Nov. 5-6, 2026).
- Location: Riverside Square & River's Edge, 3145 S. Ashland Ave., Chicago. EVChargingStations.com lists Mariano's Fresh Market among the nearby tenants.
- Stalls: 12.
- Power: Up to 325 kW per stall, as reported.
- Connectors: NACS (the J3400 plug Tesla designed), with integrated NACS-to-CCS1 adapters, also called Magic Dock.
- Ownership and operations: EVgo owns and brands the stalls. Tesla runs and maintains them.
- Program: Built under Tesla's Supercharger for Business program, per EVChargingStations.com.
- Pricing: Neither source we read gave a price. ChargerFeed is not publishing a per-kWh rate until one can be confirmed from a primary source.
Why 325 kW, not 500 kW?
When EVgo announced the Supercharger partnership in August, it cited stalls rated at up to 500 kW, according to Electrek. The Chicago site is rated lower than that.
EVChargingStations.com author Mark Kane gives a hardware explanation. He describes the Chicago units as Tesla "V3.5" Superchargers: V4 dispensers (the posts drivers plug into) supplied from V3 power-electronics cabinets limited to roughly 450-500 volts. The 500 kW figure he associates with V4 units running up to 1,000 volts. Kane calls the lower rating a surprise compared with the August plan and writes that, as he understands it, EVgo will install the 500 kW V4 units in the future. Neither outlet quotes EVgo or Tesla explaining the choice, so this hardware reading comes from the reporter, not the companies.
For most cars the gap matters less than the headline numbers suggest. A car's own charging limits usually cap its peak rate, and those limits often sit below the station's rating. That said, neither source tested charging speeds at the site.
Where this fits in EVgo's plans
The Chicago opening is one part of a larger set of EVgo plans. The sources separate what is built from what is only planned:
- Superchargers (planned, scale not dated): "Hundreds" of EVgo Supercharger stalls are planned, with the first sites at Regency Centers plazas. Neither source gives a timeline or a list of sites beyond Chicago.
- Regency expansion (announced): According to EVChargingStations.com, EVgo and Regency recently announced more than 400 additional DC fast-charging stalls.
- NACS on EVgo's own chargers (in progress): EVgo is separately adding NACS plugs to its regular, non-Tesla network. EVChargingStations.com reports it went from just over 100 NACS connectors in January to nearly 300 installed, with a target of 500 by the end of 2026. Electrek says the Supercharger stalls are counted separately from that 500 target, while EVChargingStations.com suggests the Superchargers may help reach it; the sources differ on this point. EVgo also aims to put at least one NACS plug at every site it built in 2023 or later within the next two years.
- In-house high-power hardware (upcoming): EVChargingStations.com says the Superchargers will be installed alongside EVgo's upcoming in-house-developed 750 kW chargers, which have not yet launched.
EVgo CEO Badar Khan, quoted by both outlets, said that serving both Tesla and non-Tesla NACS drivers amounts to "doubling EVgo's addressable market." That is the company's own description of the deal, not an independent estimate.
The network numbers
EVChargingStations.com puts EVgo's network at more than 1,200 charging stations and more than 5,400 stalls, without giving an as-of date. For context on the national picture, the AFDC's station-count-by-state table, which the AFDC marks as last updated 11/7/2026, lists the following DC fast-charging ports in its default view, which does not filter out private stations:
- All states combined: 79,854 DC fast ports.
- California: 19,740 DC fast ports.
That table does not break counts out by network, so ChargerFeed is not publishing network-by-network federal totals for EVgo, Tesla or others here. It also cannot say whether the new Chicago site is yet included. New stations often take a while to show up in federal data.
One thing the sources do not say is whether the Chicago stalls will be counted under EVgo or under Tesla in federal and third-party databases. Because EVgo owns the stalls and Tesla operates them, either answer is possible.
What It Means for Drivers
Tesla drivers: According to Electrek, the site appears in the car's in-car navigation and Trip Planner. EVChargingStations.com says the same.
Drivers of other EVs: Per Electrek, drivers of compatible non-Tesla EVs can start a session through the Tesla app, and Magic Dock means both NACS and CCS vehicles can charge at the site. Neither source lists which models are compatible. Drivers should check their automaker's guidance and the Tesla app before counting on the site for a trip.
Speed: Expect a station rating of up to 325 kW, not the 500 kW from the August announcement. Your car's own limits will usually set the actual rate.
Cost: We could not confirm pricing in any source we read. Check the price shown in the Tesla app before starting a session.
What comes next: For now, Chicago is the only EVgo Supercharger site the sources confirm as open. The "hundreds" of further stalls, starting at Regency Centers plazas, are planned and do not yet have published locations or dates. Separately, drivers can expect more NACS plugs at EVgo's regular stations. EVgo is targeting 500 by the end of 2026 and a NACS plug at all of its 2023-or-newer sites within about two years.
Site hosts and fleet operators: Per the reports, this site was built under Tesla's Supercharger for Business program, with EVgo owning the stalls and Tesla operating them. Anyone weighing that kind of model for their own property should get full commercial terms directly from the companies involved.
