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EVgo Opens Its First 12 Supercharger Stalls in Chicago, With Tesla Operating Them

The new Magic Dock site is EVgo-owned but Tesla-maintained. It marks a real opening after August's proposal, not proof that separate 400-stall and 500-stall expansion targets have been met.

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EVgo said November 5 that it opened its first EVgo-branded Supercharger site near downtown Chicago: 12 stalls at a Regency Centers grocery-anchored property, with built-in Magic Dock equipment for compatible CCS and NACS electric vehicles. One distinction is easy to miss: EVgo says it owns and brands these Tesla-made V4 chargers, but Tesla operates and maintains them. That is different from EVgo merely adding NACS connectors to its conventional fast-charging network.12

The opening is the first company-reported operating example of a program EVgo announced on August 5, when it only expected the first locations to begin operating in the second half of 2026. The November announcement is evidence of a reported opening—not an independent test of charger uptime, delivered power or an individual driver's successful session.13

What a driver should distinguish

Type of EVgo charging site Who handles the equipment? What the connector/navigation claim actually means
New EVgo Supercharger program — first Chicago site EVgo owns and brands; Tesla operates and maintains the Tesla V4 hardware. EVgo says Magic Dock lets compatible CCS and NACS vehicles plug in without bringing a separate adapter. The company says these sites appear in Tesla Trip Planner and in-car navigation.12
Ordinary EVgo station with added NACS connectors Part of EVgo's existing network; not automatically a Tesla-operated V4 Supercharger. A NACS plug alone does not mean integrated Magic Dock. EVgo says Tesla drivers must enable third-party charging in navigation to see these NACS-equipped EVgo locations.12

The distinction matters to CCS-equipped drivers in particular: Magic Dock supplies the appropriate charging connection at the new Chicago site, according to EVgo, instead of relying on the driver to bring a separate DC adapter. Neither the connector nor a Trip Planner listing independently proves that every vehicle, account or software configuration will successfully authorize a session. Drivers comparing connector fit with actual network access can consult the NACS and Tesla Supercharger compatibility guide.12

One operating location, three different rollout numbers

Announcement What the number represents
August 5, 2026: first EVgo-branded Tesla V4 Supercharger sites expected in the second half of 2026 A future rollout target at the time, not operating stalls.3
September 9: EVgo and Regency announce more than 400 additional retail fast-charging stalls A planned expansion. EVgo and Regency did not identify a complete property list or exact completion timetable in that announcement.4
November 5: first Chicago EVgo Supercharger site reported open with 12 stalls A specific company-reported operating installation, rather than another plan.1
End of 2026: EVgo aims for 500 NACS stalls on its existing network A separate forward-looking retrofit/deployment target, explicitly in addition to its Supercharger program.1

The fact that both the September plan and the Chicago location involve Regency properties does not establish whether these 12 stalls count toward the more-than-400 plan. Their cohort overlap is not reconciled in the two company releases; adding the numbers or treating the Chicago installation as a known percentage of that pipeline would be misleading. The earlier EVgo–Regency expansion report explains the still-planned retail program.14

Finding the Chicago site—and what is not yet verified

EVgo's November 5 announcement identifies a Regency grocery property near downtown Chicago but does not name a street address, live charging price, stall-specific output or payment steps. EVwire's Jaan Juurikas identifies the location as Riverside Square & River's Edge, 3145 South Ashland Avenue; Regency's own directory confirms that shopping center and address, not independently that EVgo's new 12-stall installation is there. A live EVgo/Tesla station record for the exact installation was not independently authenticated in this review. Drivers should confirm the station and its current terms in operator navigation before relying on the reported address.156

EVgo described its V4 equipment in August as capable of up to 500 kW, but that is a hardware-program capability, not a verified per-stall rating or achieved charging speed at this Chicago location. Prices, access and site status remain time-sensitive and must be checked against current operator information rather than inferred from a launch release.31

Sources

Footnotes

  1. EVgo Inc., “EVgo Opens First Supercharger Site as Part of Network Expansion,” November 5, 2026. Original issuer statement. Establishes EVgo's report of first Chicago opening, 12 stalls, Regency property and Magic Dock; separate NACS plans and company-described Tesla navigation behavior. Company announcement, not independently observed session, uptime, price or power. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10

  2. EVgo, “EVgo Superchargers” program page, accessed November 5, 2026. First-party ownership/operation description. Describes Tesla V4 Supercharger equipment as EVgo-owned and EVgo-branded but Tesla-operated and Tesla-maintained. Its undated “Locations Coming Soon” wording does not establish current site status and should not supersede the dated November 5 opening announcement. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  3. EVgo Inc., “EVgo Expands Fast Charging in the U.S. with Supercharger Deployment,” August 5, 2026. Original rollout announcement. Establishes earlier second-half 2026 first-site target and up-to-500-kW hardware-program claim, not station-specific output. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  4. EVgo Inc. / Regency Centers, “EVgo and Regency Expand National Partnership to Bring Fast Charging to More Retail Centers Across the U.S.,” September 9, 2026. Original joint statement. Establishes more-than-400 planned retail stalls and the scope of that future expansion; does not reconcile these with the later Chicago opening. ↩ ↩2

  5. Jaan Juurikas, EVwire, “EVgo opens its first EVgo Supercharger site: 12 stalls near downtown Chicago,” November 5, 2026. Originating specialist report. Attributes the Chicago installation to Riverside Square & River's Edge and supplies an address; this specific station/address linkage has not been independently verified in a live operator station record. ↩

  6. Regency Centers, Riverside Square & River's Edge property directory, accessed November 5, 2026. Original property directory. Confirms retail-center name and address but not an EVgo charging installation at the property. ↩