Join Eric, Walter, and Steve to celebrate the 50th edition of Coast-to-Coast EVs!

We briefly look back over our years of fortnightly fast charges and a wild 12 months for electric vehicles and infrastructure in 2025, unpacking the charging operators with the most DCFC locations across the US and Canada.

Chapters:

0:00 - Start

0:30 - Celebrating 50 Episodes of C-to-C EVs!

2:38 - Mercedes-Benz HPC Enters California

4:27 - EV Infrastructure (US/CA): How We Got Here

9:25 - Top 50 DC Charging Operators (Context)

11:40 - "Notable Not Quites" - Rising Operators Not in Top 25 (Yet)

18:30 - Charging Site Definitions

21:20 - Positions 50 to 31 (Fewer than 50 sites)

31:27 - Positions 30 to 25

38:12 - Positions 24 to 21

42:50 - Positions 20 to 11 (~100 to 250 sites)

1:06:35 - Positions 10 to 5 (~350 to ~800 sites)

1:08:45 - Unpacking Dealership Charging in Site Count

1:17:36 - Top 5 Charging Operators in US/Canada (800+ sites)

1:30:30 - Discussion around Site Count vs. Stall Count (Average Stalls per Site)

1:40:00 - Celebrated Co-Hosts: Thanks for Getting Us to 50!

1:42:23 - Close

HOST CHANNELS:

Eric Way / News Coulomb -    / @newscoulomb3705  

Walter Schulze / tNAC -    / @thenetworkarchitectchannel  

(Also OoS Bits contributions like this one --    • Mercedes HPC @ Starbucks! This Week In DC ...  )

Steve / Plug & Play EV - you're already here! But go back to the beginning to see the first Coast-to-Coast EVs here, if you want to explore - https://www.youtube.com/live/4VR_f6Ie2SI

And you can get weekly EV infrastructure news/analysis here: https://evi.plugnplayev.com/subscribe

The Top 50 names in DCFC entering December 2025 contains some famous - and several unfamiliar - names, but it's the positions of potential giants that really emphasizes where we are. Preview the list of 50 (sorted by site count) ahead of the discussion here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

This is the eye of the charging infrastructure storm in North America, as massive entities with deep pockets set the stage to challenge the longstanding top four: ChargePoint, Electrify America, EVgo, and, of course, Tesla Superchargers.

Before hitting the top 10, we spend some time sharing the top 50 list (by site count), how we put it together, and categorizing those that landed in positions 11-25.

Cheers, nerds!⚡

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