By all accounts, the general public EV charging expertise is fairly dismal. On daily basis we learn studies from drivers about poorly designed and/or maintained charging websites with chargers that appear to work about half the time, at finest. So it’s encouraging to see that EVgo, one of many US’s largest charging networks, is taking steps to deal with the problems.

The business’s reliability issues aren’t new, and so they have an effect on all the most important charging networks, so we’re positive the oldsters at EVgo will forgive us for sounding a word of skepticism. We’re unsure if the measures the corporate has introduced characterize a significant enhance within the upkeep finances or merely the continuation of present insurance policies, however the mission has a reputation: EVgo ReNew, and it’s billed as “an enhanced and complete upkeep program designed to make sure stations throughout EVgo’s charging community meet its high quality and expertise requirements.”

EVgo says it plans to interchange, improve, or in some instances retire, a whole lot of stations over the approaching 12 months. It additionally goals to extend the variety of in-person preventive well being checks of chargers, and to enhance system monitoring, diagnostic and restoration instruments.

By means of the primary three quarters of 2022, EVgo upgraded, changed or eliminated 125 charging stalls.

EVgo evaluates websites primarily based on historic efficiency, present and forecast person demand, technical capability on the location, and proximity to different quick charging stations. The place doable, EVgo will set up new chargers with energy ranges as much as 350 kW. Based mostly on the corporate’s market evaluation, some websites could also be decommissioned.

“The EVgo ReNew program represents our ongoing dedication to reliability as we proactively modernize legacy infrastructure and work to ship the constant, high-quality charging expertise prospects count on throughout our community,” stated Cathy Zoi, CEO at EVgo.

Supply: EVgo