On November 5, 2026, EVgo opened a 12-stall fast-charging site at Riverside Square & River's Edge, a Regency Centers shopping center near downtown Chicago. The stalls are Tesla Superchargers, bought through Tesla's Supercharger for Business program and branded "EVgo Superchargers." EVgo's release calls it "the first dozen of hundreds of stalls" it expects to open on this plan.
A network buying a competitor's hardware is an unusual thing to see in a host's lease negotiation, and it changes a few assumptions. If you own a grocery-anchored or retail center and a network has called you, or may, this is the version of the pitch you will hear next.
What opened, and what is still unclear
EVgo announced the plan on August 5, 2026: V4 Superchargers "capable of up to 500kW / 1000 Volts," visible in Tesla's in-car navigation and Trip Planner, with the first sites expected to be operating in the second half of 2026. The Chicago site meets that timing, though not, by the reports below, the 500 kW figure.
On the details, the reporting does not line up, and EVgo's own November release does not settle it:
- Power. Electrek reports the opened stalls at 325 kW. EV Charging Stations describes them as "Tesla V3.5 Superchargers" (V4 dispensers supplied from V3 power cabinets limited to about 450 to 500 volts) and understands EVgo will install 500 kW V4 units in the future. "V3.5" is that outlet's label, not Tesla's or EVgo's. Electrive describes the hardware generally as 500 kW and 1,000 volts. EVgo's November 5 release states no power rating. Treat 325 kW as the reported figure for this site and 500 kW as the August plan.
- Who runs the stalls. Electrek reports that EVgo owns and brands the Superchargers and Tesla runs and maintains them. Electrive describes EVgo as the owner and operator that sets pricing. Neither EVgo release says who handles maintenance and network operations. For a host this is not a trivia question, because the party that keeps the stalls working is the party your uptime clause binds.
- Connectors. Both trade reads and EVgo's release agree that the site uses Tesla's Magic Dock, so CCS vehicles can charge without a personal adapter (native NACS vehicles plug in directly). Drivers of Teslas see the site in the car's navigation. Other drivers can, per Electrek, start sessions through the Tesla app.
What the site changes for a host, and what it does not
The location is the part that did not change. Regency is a grocery-anchored landlord, EVgo has partnered with it since 2020, and EVgo says its first Supercharger stations will be at Regency properties. That is consistent with the September 9, 2026 expansion, in which the two companies announced more than 400 new stalls at Regency centers, up to 24 chargers per new site, though the releases do not say how many of those will be Superchargers. Our grocery-anchored retail piece covers why a roughly 23-minute grocery visit fits fast charging and how to screen your own center. None of that moves.
What is new is the hardware. Under the usual hosted model the network already chooses its equipment and the host gets a lease; this version puts Tesla-built equipment behind a network's brand. Two things follow for you:
- The brand on your lot is now a negotiated item. Drivers looking at a Tesla screen may see "EVgo Supercharger," not a Tesla-owned stall. Ask the network which name appears on signage, in apps, and in navigation, and what happens to your lot's listing if the network changes hardware later.
- Your potential customers are wider. EVgo's stated reason is to reach both Tesla and non-Tesla NACS drivers, which its CEO Badar Khan described as "doubling EVgo's addressable market." That is a network's argument for itself, not a measured result, but it does matter to a host: a stall that takes both connector types is not stranded as NACS vehicles grow. EVgo says it expects more than 35 NACS-equipped models by the end of 2026, and that figure is the company's.
The three ways Tesla hardware can reach your lot
| Host buys Supercharger for Business | A network buys Tesla hardware (the EVgo model) | A network uses its own hardware |
|---|
| Who owns the stalls | You | The network (reported) | The network |
| Whose brand | Tesla's network | The network's ("EVgo Superchargers") | The network's |
| Who sets the driver price | Confirm in your proposal | Reported as the network (Electrive) | The network |
| Your capital at risk | Equipment and installation | Typically none, per the usual hosted model; confirm | Typically none; confirm |
| Your main lever | Whether to buy | Lease terms, uptime, signage, exit | Lease terms, uptime, exit |
The first column summarizes our Tesla commercial charging piece, which rests on trade-press pricing from spring 2026. The second and third columns reflect the reporting above; lease and cost terms for these deployments have not been disclosed.
Who should care, and who can skip this
If you are a landlord with a large, well-trafficked lot and a grocery or big-box anchor, you are the audience this model targets. A network that now has a second hardware supply line for 12 to 24 stalls may come asking, and you will have more leverage if you understand what it is choosing among.
If you run a small center, or your parking field and utility service are tight, you can skip the model. A site built for 12 to 24 high-power stalls needs real electrical capacity and land. The screen in our grocery-anchored piece (parking field, nearby grid capacity, real traffic, competition, lease rights) applies unchanged, and a network is unlikely to build the full template where it does not fit.
If you already host an EVgo site with CCS-only stalls, the useful news is narrower. EVgo says it began adding NACS connectors to its own network in 2025 and expects 500 NACS stalls by the end of 2026, not counting Superchargers, with a NACS connector at every site built in 2023 or later within two years. Per EV Charging Stations, about 300 were already installed as of the November announcement. Ask your operator where your site sits in that schedule, and see our guide to adding NACS connectors to existing CCS chargers.
Caveats
This is one site. EVgo has said only "hundreds of stalls" for the Supercharger plan, with no site list or stall-by-stall schedule, and the Regency expansion has no stated timeline. No lease, rent, revenue-share, or cost terms have been disclosed for this deployment or for the Regency expansion. EVgo's figures on Illinois EV registration growth (nearly 60% over two years, from the Illinois Secretary of State) and Tesla vehicles sold in the US (more than 3 million) are the company's, and we did not independently check them. Nothing in a press release is a measure of how these stalls will perform.
Also note that EVgo, Tesla, and Regency each gain from the framing in these announcements. EVgo wants the NACS audience, Tesla sells hardware and routes drivers to the stalls, and Regency adds a tenant amenity. That does not make any claim wrong, but a host should weigh them accordingly.
What to do now
If a network approaches you about Supercharger-based stalls, put these in writing before you sign:
- Who owns the hardware, and what happens to it and to utility upgrades at the end of the term?
- Who handles maintenance and network operations, and what uptime commitment and remedy does the lease include? See uptime SLAs in host agreements.
- What brand appears on signage, in apps, and in Tesla navigation, and who controls that if the equipment changes?
- What power will the stalls actually deliver on opening day, and what is the plan, date, and who pays if they are upgraded?
- How is the driver price set, and does any of it come back to you? Our pricing guide covers how rates work.
- Is exclusivity requested, and for how long?
For the broader decision on who should own the equipment, see own, operate, or turnkey. For how another large network is handling the connector shift, see Electrify America's NACS retrofit.
Last factually verified: 2026-11-12. Read today at the source: EVgo's releases of August 5, September 9 and November 5, 2026 (evgo.com and investors.evgo.com), which are the three primary sources; trade coverage from Electrek (2026-11-06); Electrive (2026-11-06); EV Charging Stations (2026-11-05). Tesla's own pages were not consulted for this piece, EVgo's SEC filings were not accessible, and EVgo's releases do not state a power rating for the opened site or say who operates the stalls, so those points rest on the trade reports named above, which differ. evcharginghelp.com is editorially independent and receives no compensation from any company named here.