More Electrify America EV chargers are coming, this time at TA rest stops
by Umar Shakir from The Verge - All Posts on (#68BTB)
An example of a TravelCenters of America EV charging station built by Electrify America | Image: TravelCenters of America
TravelCenters of America is working with Electrify America to get much-needed EV fast chargers installed at its rest stops across the US. The agreement has Electrify America deploying a sizable 1,000 charging stalls across 200 TravelCenters of America (TA), TA Express, and Petro shopping center locations nationwide.
TA's goal is to install the chargers over the next five years, with the first ones showing up in 2023. The first installations are slated for locations in Texas and Ohio, according to TA's senior director of communications, Tina Arundel.
This isn't TA's first foray into providing EV chargers; the company has Tesla Supercharger stations in Washington, Minnesota, and Nevada, as well as FreeWire EV stations in California and...