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Insightful report from our friends at ChargerHelp! sharing their perspective on the State of EV Charging in the US. We’re also thrilled that Paren’s data is featured prominently. We're happy to see such forward thinking towards making our infrastructure more reliable! https://lnkd.in/evjUne2v #evcharging #evcharginginfrastructure

Something’s changed! EVSession has become part of Paren and we’ve rebranded. 🎉 Co-founders Florent Breton and Bill Ferro are bringing their EV passion, charging data, and networks together to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles, delivering data solutions that ensure every journey is powered by trust, reliability, and sustainability. Follow us here to stay up-to-date with our data-driven insights.

"We're huge fans of the work that folks over at EVSession are doing..." Thanks, Kameale C. Terry! We're huge fans of your work in building ChargerHelp! ICYMI - Check out the latest EV Insider webcast with Loren McDonald and Brian O'Leary discussing one of our favorite topics: EV Charger Maintenance https://lnkd.in/eXzt9U24

🥇 Most Interesting 🥇 Terra.do runs a fantastic program to teach and guide people towards careers in climate. For the final project in the most recent class run by Jaime Curtis & Jason Curtis of Option Zero, EVSession provided data to a team looking to study the problem of charging in cold weather. 👏 Congrats to Ben Jedlovec and Philip Y Li for winning the Most Interesting Presentation award for their analysis of charging behavior during the January cold snap. The moral of the story: If your charging station is reliable, your utilization can increase significantly during major weather events.

The new joint charging network is finally starting to take shape while Mercedes and GM continue to work on overlapping ventures. We see lots of consolidation coming! #evcharging #evcharginginfrastructure https://lnkd.in/gBHTX_ST

Great news for the states and municipalities awarded their piece of the NEVI Reliability and Accessibility Accelerator grant money. We're continuing to follow this space to understand which stations are being upgraded and which CPOs are benefiting from these funds. We can't wait to see the details behind the Town of Norwood, MA 4-unit upgrade for $240,000! #evcharging #nevi #evcharginginfrastructure

We are excited to have collaborated with Shannon Osaka for this The Washington Post article on the issues, concerns, and outlook for Electrify America's charging network. https://wapo.st/3Tq71N4

Check out Jeff St. John's part 1 of a series for background on private and government funding working to solve the EV charging reliability problem with insight from EVSession CEO Bill Ferro and EV-PV friend ETHAN LIPMAN. Interestingly, our data shows a slight uptick in charger reliability this quarter. https://lnkd.in/ggu8CmMp #evcharginginfrastructure

Significantly More Charging Units Temporarily Unavailable (TU) We've analyzed the official list of charging units eligible for federal funding under the DOT's $100M RAA grant program and found that the final data totals are significantly higher than what we and state DOTs were able to publicly track!* The table below shows the L2 and DCFC ports officially marked TU and the percentage of the overall network this represents for each CPO. Here are some of the highlights:   L2 ⚡️ One third of Blink's L2 sites have at least 1 unit marked for eligibility. ⚡️50% of EV Connect's L2 units are eligible for funding. ⚡️Nearly 1 in 3 eVgo L2 units are flagged for the repair or replacement program. ⚡️OpConnect, Shell Recharge, and EVRange have more than 15% of their sites impacted. DCFC ⚡️Nearly 1 in 3 of Electrify America's sites contain at least 1 unit that is eligible for the program. ⚡️eVgo is not far behind with units flagged at nearly 29% of their listed public sites. ⚡️Blink, OpConnect, Shell Recharge, Volta and EVRange have noticeable numbers of their overall sites eligible for the program.   CPOs not listed in the table have zero units marked Temporarily Unavailable. Of the larger networks, that includes Tesla's L2 Destination Charger network as well as their DCFC Supercharger network, Francis Energy Charging Network (FCN), and EVCS's west coast network.   *We've asked the RAA team why the public AFDC data retrieved on Oct 11 and 12 is significantly lower than the official final list. We're awaiting a response. #evcharging #evcharginginfrastructure

The final tally is in. To be eligible for the $100M in RAA funding, charging stations must be marked Temporarily Unavailable (TU) as of Oct 11. We've been tracking the daily change in these numbers and two networks stand out:  ◾️In the last 3 days, Electrify America has added 30 stations representing 133 DC Fast charging plugs. That's 3% of their total station count. We did some spot analysis of activity at these 30 stations. While there certainly are issues, most of these plugs have had successful charging sessions this week. ◾️Last week, the Shell Recharge team nearly quadrupled their L2 chargers under the TU tag while their DC fast charging plug count went up 2.5 times.   It's now up to the states to use this list to decide if they will apply for RAA funds by the Nov 13 deadline. Of course, California outpaces all other states with 1903 L2 and 190 DC chargers on the list. Many states have less than 10 entries and may not find the effort worth the reward. The DOT FHA site is expected to have more information and the official list soon: https://lnkd.in/gWSNZ2PQ #evcharging #evcharginginfrastructure